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| Mary Turner dead: GMB Union president and Labour executive dies | Mary Turner dead: GMB Union president and Labour executive dies |
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| Mary Turner, the long standing president of the GMB union and Labour Party executive member has died. | Mary Turner, the long standing president of the GMB union and Labour Party executive member has died. |
| Former GMB general secretary Paul Kenny described her as the most outstanding woman trade unionist of her generation. | Former GMB general secretary Paul Kenny described her as the most outstanding woman trade unionist of her generation. |
| The former dinner lady from London had been ill for years but continued in her post as president, chairing the GMB's annual conference in Plymouth last month. | The former dinner lady from London had been ill for years but continued in her post as president, chairing the GMB's annual conference in Plymouth last month. |
| Ms Turner received a CBE for her political service, particularly through the trade union movement, in recognition of her lifetime's work for trade union members throughout the UK. | |
| Elected GMB national president in 1997, she was a union activist in the London borough of Brent for many years and represented the GMB on the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party. | |
| Mr Kenny said: "Mary never lost her roots. She was hard working and treated everyone the same - from prime ministers to cleaners. | |
| "She was a powerful figure in the Labour Party as well as the trade union movement." | |
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