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Sarah Woolley

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Sarah Woolley (born 1987) is a British trade union leader, the first ever woman to lead the Bakers, Food and Allied Workers' Union (BFAWU).

Woolley joined BFAWU while working part-time at a Bakers Oven shop. She became full-time, and later a shop manager, while Bakers Oven became part of Greggs. Following the merger, Woolley met the branch secretary and became active, firstly as a shop steward, and was later elected onto its national executive committee, then became a full time official. She is also the 2023-2025 President of the GFTU General Federation of Trade Unions.[1][2][3]

Woolley was elected as leader of the union in 2019, and took up the post on 1 May 2020.[4]

In the 2020 Labour Party leadership election, Woolley supported Rebecca Long-Bailey.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Expansion or decline - the future of the Bakers' Union". Morning Star. 2 October 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  2. ^ Chacko, Ben (3 March 2020). "From Bakers Oven worker to trade union leader". Morning Star. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Trade union learning "reignited" my passion for learning says BFAWU's Sarah Woolley". UnionLearn.
  4. ^ "Sarah Woolley elected BFAWU general secretary". Morning Star. 26 October 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  5. ^ "The Red Baker". Tribune. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
Trade union offices
Preceded by
Ronnie Draper
General Secretary of the Bakers, Food and Allied Workers' Union
2020–present
Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by President of the General Federation of Trade Unions
2023–present
Succeeded by
Incumbent