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Every Friday here on UniteLIVE we bring you the latest heroes and zeros amid the coronavirus crisis. Here are this week’s latest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

HEROES<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unite assistant general secretary Gail Cartmail<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At this year’s TUC Congress, Unite assistant general secretary Gail Cartmail was elected TUC president, a post which she will hold until next year’s Congress. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unite couldn’t be prouder of Gail, who has spent decades fighting for working people. Congratulating Gail, Unite general secretary Len McCluskey said, \u00e2\u20ac\u015bI hugely admire the ability, courage and bravery Gail has shown throughout her trade union career and I speak on behalf of our entire Unite family in saying how very proud I am of her election as TUC president. I know Gail will do a fantastic job, doing what she does best, standing up for equality, justice, fairness and international solidarity between workers.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Presiding over the Trades Union Congress is probably the greatest honour any active trade unionist can hope to achieve. But, like most from a working class background, it was not an easy path to the top – as our exclusive interview by UniteLIVE editor Amanda Campbell, which also appeared in the Morning Star<\/em><\/a>, reveals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can read our full interview with Gail here, and you can read Len’s words of congratulations here. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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Inspiring the young and women to find their voices \u00e2\u017e\u02c7\u010f\u00b8\u0179 #UNITElive<\/a> speaks to @GailCartmail<\/a> about her hopes and aims for her term as TUC president. https:\/\/t.co\/lOpZZBIh1o<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u201d Unite the union: join a union (@unitetheunion) September 15, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n