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- ↑ Chacko, Ben (3 March 2020). "From Bakers Oven worker to trade union leader". Morning Star. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- ↑ "Trade union learning "reignited" my passion for learning says BFAWU's Sarah Woolley". UnionLearn.
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