Beard Liberation Front
Media Release
8th September
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Search for Beard of the 151st TUC in Brighton underway
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has said that the search for the Beard of the 151st TUC, starting on 8th September in Brighton is underway.
In 2018 after after competition bristled the National Education Union’s Kevin Courtney won by a close shave to be declared Beard of the 150th TUC Congress held in Manchester. UNISON’s James Anthony and the RMT’s Glenroy Watson tied for second place.
The campaigners say that historically the appearance of senior union leaders has been a kind of clean-shaven monochrome. While that has thankfully changed with more women in senior positions and Frances O’Grady as General Secretary, it remains the case that too many senior union officials are clean-shaven men in suits.
An advisory panel of trade union beard enthusiasts will flag impactful beards through the 4 days of the Congress
BLF organiser Keith Flett said we expect the 151st TUC to be much more diverse than the first held in 1868. What the impact of Brexit on beards at Congress is remains to be seen
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