Sarah Woolley
British trade union leader
About Sarah Woolley
Born 1987. Sarah Woolley is a British.
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.
Woolley was elected as leader of the union in 2019, and took up the post on 1 May 2020.
In the 2020 Labour Party leadership election, Woolley supported Rebecca Long-Bailey.
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British trade union leader
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Sarah Woolley was born in 1987.
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