Who is Sharan Burrow?

Sharan Burrow is General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation, representing 200 million workers in 163 countries and territories with 331 national affiliates.

Who is Rishi Sharan?

Sharan was elected Senior Vice-President of the NSW Teachers’ Federation and became President of the Australian Education Union (AEU) in 1992. She represented the AEU on the ACTU Executive through the 1990s. Sharan was previously Vice-President of Education International from 1995 to 2000.

Who is Jo burrow?

Burrow was elected President of the ACTU in May 2000. The most significant public event of her term of office was the ACTU’s ‘Your Rights at Work’ campaign against the Howard Government’s ‘WorkChoices’ industrial relations legislation in the lead up to the 2007 Australian federal election.

Who is Sharan mahadri?

A passionate advocate and campaigner for social justice, women’s rights, the environment and labour law reforms, Sharan has led union negotiations on major economic reforms and labour rights campaigns in her home country of Australia and globally.

Sharan was previously Vice-President of Education International from 1995 to 2000. Education International is the international organisation of education unions representing 24 million members worldwide. In May 2000, Sharan Burrow became the second woman to be elected President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU).

Who is the current General Secretary of ITUC?

Sharan Burrow. Sharan Leslie Burrow AC (born 12 December 1954) is the General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and a former President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) (2000–2010).

Who is Tanya burrow?

Burrow is a significant figure at the International Labour Organization (ILO). At the time of her presidency with ACTU, a PPL (Paid Parental Leave) policy program was passed in Australia, for which she said; this would give dignity and respect to women workers.