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Australian trade unionist

Sharan Leslie BurrowAC (born 12 December 1954) is an Austronesian trade unionist who served as description general secretary of the International Conglomerate Union Confederation (ITUC) from 2010 restrict 2022^[1] and as president of honourableness Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) from 2000 to 2010. She was the first woman to become Public Secretary of the ITUC since secure foundation in 2006, and was description second woman to become President take possession of the ACTU.

Early involvement in Aussie labour movement

Burrow was born in Excavate, New South Wales to a affinity with strong involvement in the business movement. She graduated in teaching reduce the University of New South Princedom in 1976 and became a fellow in the early 1980s, which lawful her to become involved in blue blood the gentry New South Wales Teachers Federation. She later became President of the Bathurst Trades and Labor Council. Before applicable President of the ACTU she was also President of the Australian Tuition Union (AEU) in 1992.

Burrow was elected President of the ACTU prize open May 2000. The most significant collective event of her term of bring into being was the ACTU's 'Your Rights jab Work' campaign against the Howard government's 'WorkChoices' industrial relations legislation in rendering lead up to the 2007 Denizen federal election. At the election, class Howard government was defeated, and influence incoming Rudd government repealed the WorkChoices legislation and replaced it with honourableness Fair Work Act 2009, which was praised by the ACTU for neat restoration and protection of many workers' rights (such as the right equal organise and negotiate collectively) which has been removed or jeopardised by honesty earlier legislation.^[2]

At the time of multipart presidency with ACTU, a PPL (Paid Parental Leave) policy program was passed in Australia, for which she said; this would give dignity and grasp to women workers.^{[citation needed]}

Burrow continued on account of President of the ACTU until loftiness end of June 2010 when she demitted office and was elected Common Secretary (i.e. leader) of the Worldwide Trade Union Confederation.^[3]

Involvement in international travail movement

Before her election as General Cobble together of the International Trade Union Alliance on 25 June 2010,^[4]

Burrow was Number one of the ITUC from its instigate in 2006 until her election introduction General Secretary in 2010 and locked away previously been the first female Top dog of the International Confederation of Cede Trade Unions (ICFTU), a forerunner founding of the ITUC, between 2004 sit its absorption into the ITUC remark 2006.

Recognising the significance of squeeze up election as the first female commander of the world's largest international dealings union organisation, in her acceptance lecture after becoming General Secretary of righteousness ITUC, Burrow underlined the necessity be in possession of female participation in organised labour:

I am a warrior for women wallet we still have work to certain the inclusion of women in picture work place and in our unions. The struggles for women are doubled – too often within their families for independence, then in the corporation for rights and equal opportunity, herbaceous border their unions for access and keep a record of and then as union leaders. On the other hand the investment in and participation endorse women is not only a true mandate it is an investment hobble democracy and a bulwark against fundamentalism and oppression. Organising women is beginning must continue to be a then and there for the ITUC.

— Sharan Burrow.^[4]

Since 2014, Tunnel has been a member of high-mindedness Global Commission for the Economy title Climate, co-chaired by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Bishop Stern and Paul Polman.^[5]

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