As long as the number one worry for people, keeping them up at nights, is whether they’re going to have a job in the morning, then they are less likely to resist unfair changes, or unfair treatment, or cuts in real pay at work. Frances O'Grady Read Quote
My first hero, as a teenager, was James Connolly. I remember discovering that he was a feminist, and that was an eye-opener, coming from a man of such poverty. Frances O'Grady Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
When I look at my daughter, who’s 24, she is much more confident than I ever was and her expectations are higher. But I worry that there is a backlash brewing against progress on equality. Frances O'Grady Read Quote
I worry that some politicians still think we are living in the 1950s where the man is the main breadwinner and the woman works for pin money. Actually, most families where there are two parents depend on two incomes to get by. Frances O'Grady Read Quote
The difficulty for the Government is there’s this ideological straitjacket of the market will provide, let the market rip and everything will work out… It’s back to trickle-down economics, which, it’s plain to see, have not delivered. Frances O'Grady Read Quote
I do know what it’s like to worry about bills, I do know what it’s like to worry about even finding a child-minder, never mind paying them. Frances O'Grady Read Quote
I like independent films… European films. I do go and see popular films as well because my kids force me. Frances O'Grady Read Quote