Event Start Date: 19 June 2025

The Somerville London Group invites all alumni to join them for what promises to be a fascinating discussion about the future of workers’ rights in our current changing times

Frances O’Grady was General Secretary of the TUC between 2013 and 2022, the first woman ever to hold this post. An active trade unionist and campaigner all her working life, fair pay remains a core ambition for her – she was on the Resolution Foundation’s Commission on Living Standards, and has been a member of the Low Pay and the High Pay Commissions. She is a strong believer in protecting the public service ethos, opposes privatisation, and leads the TUC campaign to save the NHS.

On Thursday 19 June, she will be in conversation with Somerville’s (soon to retire) Principal, Jan Royall, and we will be in the Court Room at  St Andrew Holborn.  The talk will begin at 7pm and doors open at 6.30.

Please note that the Court Room does not have full step-free access.

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