Tony Woodley Quotes (28 Quotes)

There was also a tremor in its tail, like a spasm, which indicated its health is compromised.

There's no sense competing for existing union members - we have to ask the question, why has union membership dropped to seven million from 11 million in this country.

I do not know another multi-national car company that would suffer the losses BMW has and at the same time

The reality of it is Mr. Blair has already decided to stand down himself - it is a question of timing. The sooner that happens now and we get stability in our party with a new leader who makes their own mark, on what their policies are, what their government is and what the future is, that will be an awful lot better for British work, and men and women, and the British working public.

Following the post-mortem, the animal will be disposed of by the local authority.

It is generally accepted that the animal was lost, being away from its normal environment of the deep sea Atlantic. But until the post-mortem is completed we cant tell if it had major internal problems or not.

Five weeks ago you were unfairly sacked by a ruthless, union-busting employer, but I can assure you that the battle goes on.

We won't be attempting to handle the animal while it's still free swimming. This would cause the animal great stress, and it is also quite dangerous to try and handle an animal of this size in the water.

Our teams on the barge are devastated. We knew it was a race against time. We tried everything we could.

If solidarity is a crime then send us all to jail. Our movement was built on solidarity.

This is the situation where we can use the skills, the training and the equipment that we have. We will be guided in the long-term by the vet's opinion of the whale.

He didn't tackle the big issues which are critical to the union movement, such as rights at work. It was the usual Brown speech and that is why he got a flat reception.

Part of this windfall should be handed back to the public through a one-off tax to help ease the pensions crisis.

I am pleased however that our shop stewards and members have accepted a settlement that will see the great majority of our members go back to work or take voluntary separation,

It was always a race against time.

That post-mortem will go on for most of today.

This plan offers a future worth fighting for.

It always was a trade-off between the whale's health and the distance we could take it to deep water. It seems now the decision will have to be taken in the next couple of hours.

I am afraid it had a convulsion and died at 1900 hours.

All the crew on the barge are shattered by the death. They were tired and exhausted but had been determined to do everything they could to get the whale to safety. It really is a terrible shame.

Today's increase will make a real difference to the lives of the lowest paid members of the workforce.

The animal suddenly deteriorated and it had convulsions and died. This is the kind of thing that can happen with these animals. It is a dreadful shame.

It is an absolute disgrace that this could happen in this country. Anti-union laws are a green light for greed, a charter for these cowboy capitalists, a licence for bullying and they should go.

Make no mistake, we will be looking, as a matter of the utmost urgency, to explore with the company as well as with ministers ways to have this devastating decision reversed.

Jack Jones is the greatest living trade unionist and a fearless champion for standing up and fighting back for justice,

With the world divided, the United Nations divided, our country divided and our party divided, it would be inexplicable if we did not have a debate on this crucially important issue.

Mr Blair has made history and no one's more pleased than me that we've got a Labour prime minister in for a third term. No-one's more pleased than me. We put our money, and our people and our efforts, where our mouth is. We've done that as a whole trade union movement not just the TG.

There was a real chance that the rescue attempt could have succeeded, but these type of mammals are very prone to the effects of stress and I'm afraid it all became too much.