Tony Woodley

...then the government would be willing to support this," Lord Mandelson said. Mr Woodley told the BBC that GM's news was an "incredible turnaround". "The decision is in my view a fantastic decision and the right decision for General...

In this article: General Motors, Opel, Vauxhall, Magna, Germany, Vladmir Putin, Ellesmere Port, Europe, and US

...Spain, Britain and Sweden. British union leader Tony Woodley criticised Business Secretary Peter Mandelson, who was not involved in the talks in Germany, for not working hard enough to fight for British jobs. "If you are not physically,...

In this article: General Motors, Peter Mandelson, Britain, Opel, Vauxhall, Labour Party, Magna, Fiat, and Gordon Brown

...future beyond that", said Tony Woodley, joint general secretary of Unite. And Mr Woodley praised the role Lord Mandelson had played in securing the deal. "There's absolutely no doubt... that Mr Mandelson's personal, political...

In this article: Vauxhall, Unite, Magna, General Motors, UK, Ellesmere Port, and Europe

...windfall tax on the electricity firms. Hilary Benn, the environment secretary, told the BBC's World at One that Woodley was wrong to dismiss energy efficiency measures as just "lagging the loft". He said proper insulation could save...

In this article: Gordon Brown, Labour Party, Tax, Carbon, Hilary Benn, Fabian Hamilton, George Osborne, Britain, and Credit crunch

...through voluntary redundancy. See GM production centres in Europe Tony Woodley, secretary general of Unite, told the BBC that GM's news was an "incredible turnaround". "The decision is in my view a fantastic decision and the right...

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...saved from the workers' pension scheme alone." Speaking to the BBC, Woodley said Hoyer and Suckling did not have money to settle the union claim because Shell was being "greedy". No formal talks are expected between the Unite union...

In this article: Shell, Unite, Gordon Brown, and UK

...to the Labour Party - will be at the meeting. They include the likes of Brendan Barber of the TUC, Tony Woodley and Derek Simpson of Unite, Dave Prentis of Unison and Paul Kenney of the GMB. One senior union source said the meeting was "to...

In this article: Labour Party, Recession, Chequers, TUC, Gordon Brown, Sandwich, Tax, Unemployment, Unite, and GMB

...of households in Britain are already in recession as wages fail to keep up with energy and food costs." Tony Woodley, joint leader of the Unite union, told the BBC that ruling out help for families in fuel poverty was "a downright disgrace".

In this article: Gordon Brown, Tax, Recession, TUC, Unite, Britain, and Brighton

...wrong." Tony Woodley, general secretary of the Unite union, told the BBC: "We've got a situation where the spivs and speculators have made themselves fortunes and have made made misery for millions of us in Britain today. "It's right...

In this article: Recession, Britain, TUC, Unemployment, Liverpool, Child poverty, London School of Economics, and Unite