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All-out fight can beat the Tory menace
O’Grady delivers rallying call to disabled workers
DISABLED workers must fight with “every bone in their body” to beat back the Tories’ ruthless attacks, Frances O’Grady blasted yesterday.
The Trades Union Congress leader told delegates to TUC Disabled Workers’ Conference that May’s election result had been “terrible news, especially if they have a disability.”
But, as conference went on the attack with a new disabled people’s manifesto, she made clear that unions couldn’t just sit back and absorb the onslaught.
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