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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

Topics: Allowed Challenged College Convinced Dishes Expense Few Lifestyles Luxury Many Me Needed Oxford Privileged Seeing System Washing

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The implication that women work for pin money and can manage on a worse pension, presumably by relying on husbands, riles. But even more galling for women is that few government ministers seem to even appreciate the value of the work they do.

~Frances O'Grady

Topics: Appreciate Even Few Government Husbands Manage Ministers Money More Pension Pin Presumably Relying Seem Value Women Work Worse

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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

Topics: About Agreement Anyone Because Care Deeply Fair Find Fuse Impression Long More Most Out Patience Precisely Public Public Service Run Sensible Service Services Still Than Want Women Workers

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Voting to go on strike is not a decision working people take lightly and is always accompanied by a strong sense of injustice at work. The impact of losing a day's pay is significant, not least for those in the lowest paid jobs who are already on the tightest budgets.

~Frances O'Grady

Topics: Accompanied Always Budgets Day Decision Go Impact Injustice Jobs Least Lightly Losing Lowest Paid Pay People Sense Significant Strike Strong Strong Sense Take Those Voting Who Work Working Working People

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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

Topics: Being First Gender Human Human Being Just Like People Rather Second Seeing Sometimes Than Treat Who Wish Would You Your

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

~Frances O'Grady

Topics: Am Being Feminist No Problems Problems I Am

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Would I describe myself as new Labour? I'm Labour, organised Labour. I think labels have a limited use and that's where you really get into boy stuff sometimes, just sticking on labels.

~Frances O'Grady

Topics: Boy Describe Get Just Labels Labour Limited Myself New Organised Really Sometimes Sticking Stuff Think Use Where Would You I Think

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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

Topics: Being Dignity Feet Great Ground Helps Keep Little Mother Parenthood Think Very Your I Think

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The image of the unions is still not in tune with where we actually are, which is fifty-fifty men and women, with an increasing number of women at the top. I think it is changing, but I'm not complacent about this.

~Frances O'Grady

Topics: About Actually Changing Complacent Image Increasing Men Men And Women Number Still Think Top Tune Unions Where Which Women I Think

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Activist

Born: November 9th, 1959

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