Frances O'Grady Quotes

• I cherish the creation of public space and services, especially health, housing and the comprehensive education system which dared to give so many of us ideas 'above our station.'

  Frances O'Grady

  Ideas, Space, Giving

  "Citizens before corporations". www.theguardian.com. July 20, 2009.

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• La gente corriente que tiene muchas buenas ideas quiere algo más que un buzón de sugerencias, y necesita un sindicato que represente ese pensamiento.

  Frances O'Grady

  Pensamiento, Ideas, Personas

  "TUC leader Frances O'Grady: 'People want some hope for the future'". Interview with Hélène Mulholland, www.theguardian.com. September 5, 2012.

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• I worry that some politicians still think we are living in the 1950s where the man is the main breadwinner and the woman works for pin money. Actually, most families where there are two parents depend on two incomes to get by.

  Frances O'Grady

  Thinking, Men, Two

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• Todos los datos demuestran claramente que si uno está afiliado a un sindicato tiene más probabilidades de obtener mejores salarios, más igualdad salarial, mejor salud y seguridad, más posibilidades de recibir formación, más posibilidades de tener condiciones de trabajo que le ayuden si tiene responsabilidades asistenciales... ¡y la lista es interminable!

  Frances O'Grady

  Responsibility, Caring, Equal Pay

  "The history woman". Interview with Hélène Mulholland, www.theguardian.com. September 6, 2006.

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• Britain is a textbook case of how growing inequality leads to economic crisis. The years before the crash were marked by a sharp rise in remortgaging and the growth of 0% balance transfer credit cards. By 2008 the UK had the highest ratio of household debt to GDP of any major economy.

  Frances O'Grady

  Years, Gdp, Growth

  "Pay equality and strong unions will put Britain back to work" by Frances O'Grady, www.theguardian.com. August 4, 2012.

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• I came from a family where joining a union was the expected thing to do. I've always believed that the relationship between an employer and an individual worker is fundamentally unequal.

  Frances O'Grady

  Joining, Unions, Individual

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• I suspect there are people in all walks of life who need to be dragged into the 21st century in terms of attitudes towards women.

  Frances O'Grady

  Attitude, People, Needs

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• I am a feminist and I have no problems being called that.

  Frances O'Grady

  Feminist, Problem, No Problem

  "Never mind glass ceilings, what about glass skirting boards?". Interview with Kevin Maguire, www.theguardian.com. January 29, 2003.

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• Ir a la huelga no es una decisión que los trabajadores tomen a la ligera y siempre va acompañada de un fuerte sentimiento de injusticia en el trabajo. El impacto de perder un día de salario es significativo, sobre todo para los trabajadores peor pagados, que ya tienen los presupuestos más ajustados.

  Frances O'Grady

  Strong, Jobs, Impact

  " To strike is a right - stop trying to deter the low-paid from exercising it" by Frances O'Grady, www.theguardian.com. June 18, 2012.

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• I want a society that provides decent jobs for those who can work and decent security for those can't.

  Frances O'Grady

  Jobs, Want, Decent

  "Citizens before corporations". www.theguardian.com. July 20, 2009.

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• RFK was a compelling figure because he was willing to challenge his audiences, and in turn connect with them in a unique way. Kennedy showed that our values define us and can inspire others to believe in the possibility of change and a better society.

  Frances O'Grady

  Believe, Unique, Possibility Of Change

  "Citzens before corporations". www.theguardian.com. July 20, 2009.

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• Washing dishes as a 17-year-old in an Oxford college and seeing the privileged lifestyles of the undergraduates there convinced me that a system that allowed luxury for the few at the expense of the many needed to be challenged.

  Frances O'Grady

  College, Years, Oxford

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• We too often hear about red tape but what they mean is the vital rights of workers.

  Frances O'Grady

  Mean, Rights, Tape

  Fuente: www.telegraph.co.uk

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• The TUC's new slogan 'a future that works' sets a profound challenge. Austerity and rapid deficit reduction is failing in its own terms, but even at its best it is short-sighted, muddle-through politics with no vision of a new economic model.

  Frances O'Grady

  Economic Models, Profound, Challenges

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• As long as the number one worry for people, keeping them up at nights, is whether they're going to have a job in the morning, then they are less likely to resist unfair changes, or unfair treatment, or cuts in real pay at work.

  Frances O'Grady

  Mañana, Empleo, Real

  "TUC leader Frances O'Grady: 'People want some hope for the future'" by Kira Cochrane, www.theguardian.com. September 5, 2012.

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• I'd be happy to have regular face-to-face meetings at Downing Street with David Cameron to argue the case for alternative economic policies.

  Frances O'Grady

  Downing Street, Alternatives, Faces

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• There is this sense of David Cameron leading a Government that's badly out of touch with ordinary people's lives. I'd absolutely welcome the opportunity to show all political leaders what life is like for most people.

  Frances O'Grady

  Opportunity, Government, People

  "A single mum and the first female face of trade unionism - meet Frances O'Grady, Queen of the TUC" by Kevin Maguire, www.mirror.co.uk. July 16, 2012.

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• You just wish sometimes that people would treat you like a human being rather than seeing your gender first and who you are second.

  Frances O'Grady

  People, Wish, Firsts

  "Never mind glass ceilings, what about glass skirting boards?". Interview with Kevin Maguire, www.theguardian.com. January 29, 2003.

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• With real wages still falling for many, people are increasingly being forced to use their credit cards, their dwindling savings, or take out payday or doorstep loans if they need to buy anything beyond the most everyday of items.

  Frances O'Grady

  Real, Fall, People

  "Cost of living crisis: We are £40 a week worse off under the Tories" by Stephen Hayward, www.mirror.co.uk. March 22, 2014.

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• My impression is that most women public service workers have a long fuse. Precisely because they care so deeply about services, more than anyone, they still want to find a sensible and fair negotiated agreement. But their patience has run out.

  Frances O'Grady

  Patience, Running, Agreement

  "The derisory pensions offer hits women workers hard" by Frances O'Grady, www.theguardian.com. November 30, 2011.

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• Each day more coalition MPs in seats outside the South East come out against George Osborne's regional pay cut plans, and Vince Cable now claims they are dead.

  Frances O'Grady

  Cutting, Mps, East

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• Of course, no-one thinks the EU is perfect. In recent years, the pace of social reform has slowed. But staying in offers the chance to rebuild a vision of Europe for workers, regardless of the passport they hold.

  Frances O'Grady

  Thinking, Years, Europe

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• A vision of Europe fit for the 21st century and a practical plan to deliver strong rights, decent jobs and livelihoods, with strong unions at its heart, is one worth fighting for.

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  Strong, Jobs, Heart

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• I think being a mother helps keep your feet on the ground. There's very little dignity in parenthood. It's a great leveller.

  Frances O'Grady

  Mother, Thinking, Feet

  "'Never mind glass ceilings, what about glass skirting boards?'". Interview with Kevin Maguire, www.theguardian.com. January 29, 2003.

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• The UK has a poor investment record. According to IMF data, we have come seventh out of the top seven industrialised countries since 1999.

  Frances O'Grady

  Country, Data, Imf

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