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A woman in a hurry: meet Wales TUC's new leader
David Nicholson talks to SHAVANAH TAJ about her appointment to the top union job in Wales

SHAVANAH TAJ’S appointment as acting general secretary of the Wales Trade Union Congress (WTUC) is the first time that a Bame Muslim woman has been appointed to a top union job in Britain.

This is also the first time all four TUC posts in Scotland, Ireland, Wales and Britain have been held by women.

Taj joins the WTUC from the Public and Commercial Services Union where she has been the Welsh secretary since 2013.

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