Maria Exall Explained

Maria Exall (born August 1960[1]) was the President of the Trades Union Congress for 2022–23, being appointed for her work in the Communication Workers Union.

Education

Maria Exall has a PhD in Philosophical Theology from King's College London.[2]

Trade unionism

Exall was a care worker, and joined the Confederation of Health Service Employees. In 1988, she moved to work for the BT Group as a communications engineer, and joined the Communication Workers' Union.[3] [4] She became active with the Trades Union Congress (TUC), specialising on equality in the workplace and liaising with the affiliated Labour Party.[5] Exall supported Jeremy Corbyn in the 2015 Labour Party leadership election.[6]

Exall chairs the TUC LGBT+ Committee, and serves on the General Council of the TUC. She is also a vice president of the Campaign for Trade Union Freedom.[7] In 2022, she was elected as President of the TUC, the first out LGBT+ person to serve in the post.

Other work

Exall is an honorary fellow of Catholic Social Thought and Practice in the Department of Theology and Religion at Durham University. She was a founder member of the Cutting Edge Consortium, which argued that various exemptions for religious groups should be removed from the Equality Act 2010.[8]

Personal life

Exall is a Catholic. She is also a lesbian and has been in a civil partnership with Angela Eagle since 2008.[9] [10] [11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Maria Exall . Companies House . 14 March 2023.
  2. Web site: Dr Maria Exall . 2023-01-16 . Blackfriars Hall . en.
  3. News: Minister marries her lesbian partner . 14 March 2023 . The Observer . 28 September 2008.
  4. Web site: Maria Exall has today (Thursday) been elected as the new President of the TUC at the union body's annual conference in Brighton. . Trades Union Congress . 14 March 2023.
  5. Web site: Exall . Maria . Trade unionists need a party on our side, and a government for working people . 2023-01-17 . LabourList . en-GB.
  6. News: Swerling . Gabriella . Eagle's partner spoke up for her rival . The Times . 12 July 2016.
  7. Web site: TUC General Council members . Trades Union Congress . 14 March 2023.
  8. Web site: Coalition opposes wide religious exemptions from the Equality Bill . Ekklesia . 14 March 2023.
  9. News: 22 December 1998 . A history of Christmas scandal past . BBC News . live . 15 August 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090224161746/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/226643.stm . 24 February 2009.
  10. Web site: 2016-07-12 . Angela Eagle's partner backed Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader . 2023-01-17 . The Independent . en.
  11. News: 11 September 2008 . Angela Eagle: My pride at being first lesbian MP to 'marry' . Liverpool Daily Post . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20080914014351/http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/09/11/angela-eagle-my-pride-at-being-first-lesbian-mp-to-marry-64375-21793506/ . 14 September 2008.

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