Jane joined the Post Office in January 1982 in Liverpool and has been an active member and union representative since 1983. Since 1987 Jane has worked for Royal Mail representing administration members at the Local, Divisional, and National levels.
She has a wide range of experience in industrial disputes, mergers, and policymaking at all levels of the union. Since 2002 she has served on the National Executive and the Postal Executive, she was elected in 2007 as the first woman Chair of the Postal Constituency and National President.
Politics has been central to Jane’s activism and she has led and supported campaigns both in the UK and internationally. Along with her Branch, she has contributed to and changed the policy of the union in hostile climates and has promoted Socialism and fought Trade Unionism where ever possible. She has fought injustice where ever possible.