She moved from the TGWU to the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in 1994 and two years later she founded a TUC academy to train the union organisers of the future - many of whom she expected to be women.
We have engaged in very intensive discussions over a long period with the leadership of the TUC, with the individual schemes with the unions and I would just remind you that if you think we are not negotiating, just talk to the TUC about the intensiveness of the negotiations.