The Sharon Graham One
The leader of the Unite union, Sharon Graham, gives a frank interview to Nick Robinson, discussing strikes, Labour's 'Blair tribute act' and alleged criminality in Unite.
The leader of the Unite union gives a frank and engaging interview to Nick Robinson. She defends the new wave of strikes by ambulance workers, sets out how under her leadership Unite is 'following the money' to target bad employers and explains why Keir Starmer's Labour party is a 'bad tribute act' to Tony Blair and reveals she was threatened by former colleagues when she began an investigation into 'potential criminality' within the union. She tells stories from her early life, including how she led a walkout of silver service restaurant staff aged just 17 in a protest over pay.
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- Sat 21 Jan 2023 17:30大象传媒 Radio 4
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