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Frances O'Grady

@FrancesOGrady

Labour peer. General Secretary of @The_TUC 2013-2022. Proud Gooner #Arsenal

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calendar_today29-03-2012 21:01:11

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Rishi Sunak says he wants to introduce ‘tough’ new strikes laws.

There’s nothing big or tough about a man refusing to negotiate and cutting nurses’ pay.

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Nobody takes strike action lightly.

I’ll be taking questions today on why workers have been pushed to breaking point.

Tune in! 👇

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Don’t believe everything you read in the Sun

By early 2016, the TUC’s General Council was already committed to campaign for Remain

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Nobody takes strike action lightly - but key workers have been driven to it.

Nurses are earning £5,000 less a year less in real terms than in 2010.

Strikes are a symptom of 12 years of pay suppression.

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Real pay cuts for key workers.

Bonus bonanza for bankers.

Those are the political choices the Conservatives are making.

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The govt to struggling families:

“We can’t give you certainty over your soaring bills.”

The govt to City bankers:

“Don’t sweat it. Your bonuses will get bigger.”

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The Conservatives’ reckless economic experiment has unleashed chaos.

Peoples homes, pensions & livelihoods have been gambled with.

And for what? To make the rich even richer.

The damage the Tories have caused must never be forgiven or forgotten.

Britain needs change.

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How many of today’s Cabinet signed up to attacking the right to strike?

Worth reading Norman Fowler’s take on the 1984 Tory ban on union rights at GCHQ.

(And - remember - those brave workers won)
theguardian.com/politics/2022/…

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A Tory vision for modern Britain?

This is not how to get the economy growing. Ministers must disown these fringe ideas immediately

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