Whilst the TUC bosses are enjoying their annual booze-up, the TaxPayers’ Alliance has calculated that the average remuneration of the top 30 Union Chiefs on more than £100,000 was £150,755 in 2020. The highest-paid trade union boss, outgoing General Secretary of the GMB Tim Roache, bagged an unbelievable £288,000 plus an £80,000 payment for long standing service, a £500,000 lump sum, a car of his choice and a £60,000 annual pension after terminating his employment in sordid circumstances. By comparison Prime Minister Boris Johnson earns £160,000…
The boss of the National Association of Head Teachers, Paul Whiteman, was the second highest paid union boss, taking home a staggering £216,387. TUC boss Frances O’Grady pockets a comfortable above average £167,229. John O’Connell, Chief Executive of the TaxPayers’ Alliance, says:
”These red barons relentlessly preach policies around wealth inequality and demand evermore tax-and-spend, but are sitting comfortably as some of Britain’s biggest earners. Hypocritical union heads should stop lining their pockets with these six-figure salaries.”
Nice work if you can get it…
Guido was surprised to hear TUC Chair Frances O’Grady following Sir Keir Starmer in attacking the government’s ‘Build Back Better’ slogan on the Today Programme this morning:
Not only is the political catchphrase in vogue across the western world’s political spectrum, it’s also the name of a left-wing campaign here in Britain. The BBB campaign hopes to answer questions like “how to create a better democracy, to harness technology for public good, to build a fairer and more cooperative world.”
“Answering these questions, and more, is a challenge to us all; to governments, businesses, trade unions, civil society and citizens.”
The second name on the lefty Build Back Better campaign’s list of backers? Frances O’Grady…
The Chancellor will be announcing his Winter Economic Plan (WEP) at 12:00 today in the Commons. In the lead up to the new announcement, Breaking with red box tradition, Rishi has posed for a photo-op with the WEP in a glossy new document alongside TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady and CBI Director-General Carolyn Fairbairn. Sounds like the much anticipated German-style ‘Kurzarbeit’ system has wide-ranging support…
Spotted at the TUC Conference, the chance to win a magnum of champagne with every Congress Guide. Up the workers…
Well done to Frances O’Grady and the TUC, who launched their new advertising campaign in Westminster this morning. From a disabled parking bay.
Please, tell us more about standing up for the the rights of vulnerable people…
