Frances O'Grady Quotes

Frances O'Grady — British Activist born on November 09, 1959,

Frances Lorraine O'Grady is the General Secretary of the British Trades Union Congress... (wikipedia)

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 percent balance transfer credit cards. By 2008 the UK had the highest ratio of household debt to GDP of any major economy.

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

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.

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

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 Quotes

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