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Panel 2 Speaker Sharan Burrow is President of the International Trade Union Confederation in Brussels. back to previous page |
| 1954 | Born in Warren, New South Wales (NSW), Australia |
| 1976 | Studied teaching at the University of NSW |
| 1980 | Organiser for the NSW Teachers' Federation, based in Bathurst; President, Bathurst Trades and Labour Council |
| 1990 | Represented the AEU on the ACTU Executive |
| 1992 | Senior Vice-President, NSW Teachers' Federation; President of the Australian Education Union (AEU) |
| 1995 - 2000 | Vice-President, Education International (international organisation of education unions representing 24 million members worldwide) |
| 2000 | President, International Confederation of Free Trade Unions Asia Pacific Region Organisation |
| 2004 | President, International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, which joined with the World Confederation of Labour to form the ITUC in November 2006 |
| Present Positions | |
| 2000 – | President, Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) |
| 2006 – | President of the global union body of the International Trade Union Confederation (the ITUC represents 168 million workers in 154 countries and territories and has 307 national affiliates) |
| Further Positions | |
| President of the International Centre for Trade Union Rights. Member of the Governing Body of the International Labour Organisation. Member of the Stakeholder Council of the Global Reporting Initiative. As part of her ILO responsibilities, she chairs the Workers' Group of the Sub-Committee on Multinational Enterprises. | |
