{"id":12823,"date":"2017-07-21T14:54:08","date_gmt":"2017-07-21T13:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=12823"},"modified":"2017-07-21T14:55:21","modified_gmt":"2017-07-21T13:55:21","slug":"fearless-campaigner-%ef%bb%bf%ef%bb%bf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=12823","title":{"rendered":"\u00e2\u20ac\u0098Fearless campaigner\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 \u010f\u00bb\u017c\u010f\u00bb\u017c"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>The spirit of GMB legend Mary Turner will shine on through the many men and women she inspired to join the trade union movement, said Len McCluskey, Unite general secretary.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the passing of Mary Turner, long-standing president of the GMB and member of the Labour Party\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s executive, the Unite general secretary sent condolences to GMB and Mary\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s family on behalf of Unite.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on Mary Turner\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s death after a short illness, Len McCluskey said, \u00e2\u20ac\u015bThe thoughts of Unite are with our comrades at the GMB as they mourn the loss of one of our movement\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s finest champions for working people, Mary Turner.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12825\" src=\"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/01251-MaryT3.jpg\" alt=\"01251-MaryT3\" width=\"452\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/01251-MaryT3.jpg 452w, https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/01251-MaryT3-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bA fearsome campaigner and fighter, Mary dedicated her life to winning justice and making a better world for working people. Her big heart, care and passion will be long remembered, but it will be through the many men and women she inspired to join our movement and who hope to follow in her footsteps that Mary\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s spirit will shine on.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWe send our condolences to her family, and her union brothers and sisters at this sad time.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The spirit of GMB legend Mary Turner will shine on through the many men and women she inspired to join the trade union movement, said Len McCluskey, Unite general secretary. &nbsp; Speaking on the passing of Mary Turner, long-standing president of the GMB and member of the Labour Party\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s executive, the Unite general secretary sent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12824,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[266],"wps_subtitle":"Unite sends condolences for GMB\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Mary Turner","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12823"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12823"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12828,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12823\/revisions\/12828"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}