| 词条 | Frances O'Grady |
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| honorific-prefix = | name = Frances O'Grady | honorific-suffix = | image = Frances O'Grady at TUC Congress 2013.jpg | imagesize = | smallimage = | alt = TUC General Secretary Frances O'Grady | caption = Frances O'Grady's keynote speech to TUC Congress 2013 in Bournemouth, Monday 9 September 2013 | office = General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress | term_start = January 2013 | term_end = | predecessor = Brendan Barber | successor = | office2 = Deputy General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress | term_start2 = January 2003 | term_end2 = January 2013 | predecessor2 = Brendan Barber | successor2 = Paul Nowak | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1959|11|09}} | birth_place = Oxford, England | death_date = | death_place = | restingplace = | alma_mater = University of Manchester Middlesex Polytechnic | occupation = | profession = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | religion = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = | blank1 = | data1 = | blank2 = | data2 = | blank3 = | data3 = | blank4 = | data4 = | blank5 = | data5 = }}Frances Lorraine O'Grady (born 9 November 1959) is the General Secretary of the British Trades Union Congress (TUC), the first woman to hold the position.[1][2] Early life and familyO'Grady was born in Oxford,[1] one of five siblings in a family of Irish descent, and was brought up in the Roman Catholic faith.[3] Her father was a shop steward at the Leyland car plant in Cowley.[1] She was educated at Milham Ford School, a grammar school which became comprehensive during her time there. At Manchester University, she earned a BA Hons in politics and modern history.[4] She received a Diploma in Industrial Relations and Trade Union Studies at Middlesex Polytechnic.[2] She has two adult children, whom she raised as a working single parent, and currently lives in London.[5] CareerO'Grady worked for the Transport and General Workers' Union, where she opposed the abolition of the Agricultural Wages Board, and campaigned for a minimum wage. She became TUC Campaigns Secretary in 1994 and founded the TUC Organising Academy in 1997, a scheme aimed at supporting a younger and more representative group of workers to become labour movement organisers. She became head of the TUC's organisation department in 1999, and was then elected as Deputy General Secretary in 2003.[6] She led on the establishment of the union learning organisation unionlearn, which came into being in 2006. Unionlearn works with employers, unions and government to help around 220,000 workers per year to improve basic skills and access lifelong learning.[7] She became TUC General Secretary in January 2013, succeeding Brendan Barber. In 2013, in line with the TUC, she was among those who gave their support to the People's Assembly in a letter published by The Guardian newspaper.[8] She has been a member of the Resolution Foundation's Commission on Living Standards, as well as serving on the TUC’s Commission on Vulnerable Employment, the Low Pay Commission and the High Pay Commission. She has campaigned prominently during the referendum on EU membership, as the TUC registered for the remain side, particularly citing concerns around the impact on workers' rights and jobs in export led industries.[9] O'Grady has led a protest outside Bestway, Britain's largest family owned business. In February 2013 she was as a result of her efforts assessed as the 11th most powerful woman in Britain by Woman's Hour on BBC Radio 4.[10] References1. ^1 2 {{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18772379 |title=Frances O'Grady, the new TUC general secretary|first=John|last=Moylan|publisher=BBC|date=10 July 2012|accessdate=24 September 2012}} 2. ^1 {{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-19436060|title=Profile: Frances O'Grady, the new TUC general secretary|first=Claire|last=Bolderson|publisher=BBC|date=7 September 2012|accessdate=24 September 2012}} 3. ^"Frances O'Grady on 'Trade Unions: delivering justice at work and in society'", indcatholicnews.com; accessed 28 July 2014. 4. ^{{cite news|first=Hélène|last=Mulholland|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2006/sep/06/publicsectorcareers.careers|title=The history woman|newspaper=The Guardian|publisher=Guardian Media Group|date=6 September 2006|accessdate= 24 September 2012}} 5. ^[https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2012/sep/05/frances-ogrady-tuc-hope-future "TUC leader Frances O'Grady: People want some hope for the future"], The Guardian 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.tuc.org.uk/the_tuc/about_fogrady.cfm|title=Biographical details: Frances O'Grady|publisher=Trades Union Congress|accessdate=24 September 2012}} 7. ^[https://www.unionlearn.org.uk/our-history "Our History"], unionlearn 8. ^[https://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/feb/05/people-assembly-against-austerity People's Assembly opening letter], theguardian.com, 5 February 2013. 9. ^"Britain's unions ready to join fight to stay in European Union, top official says", Reuters 10. ^BBC Radio 4, Woman's Hour Power list External links{{Commons category|Frances O'Grady}}{{Portal|Organised labour}}
8 : 1959 births|English people of Irish descent|Living people|Alumni of the University of Manchester|Alumni of Middlesex University|General Secretaries of the Trades Union Congress|Leaders of British trade unions|People from Oxford |
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