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Adam, Megan |
Canada |
Communications worker |
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Adams, Roy
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Canada
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Formerly professor of industrial relations, with specialities in international and comparative IR and international labour rights. Founding member and chair of the Society for the Promotion of Human Rights in Employment. Member of the International Labour Rights Commission, and frequent contributor to and editorial board member of International Union Rights.
Works with Canadian and U.S. unions to promote recognition of labour rights as human rights, especially with regards collective bargaining. |
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Aguirre, Rosalinda |
United States |
Union organizer |
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Andrews, Natasha |
United Kingdom

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Natasha runs our FaceBook group. She has been a shop steward, branch chair, young members' rep, communications officer, and vice chair of the National Young Members' Forum. Also activist for age and minimum wage issues, and union negotiator for NATFHE and TGWU. Currently researcher and seminar leader at the University of Kent, teaching industrial relations, including labour law. Working on a project concerning women and management across professions in Kent, studying effects of training, networks and mentoring on the ‘glass ceiling’. |

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Aitken, Kevin
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Union organiser for the last ten years, and union delegate for five years before that. Spent time with unions in Australia's building, construction and mining industries, then training in the Australian variant of the organising model. Worked with the EPMU in New Zealand, then the AUS -- organizing work around the concept of social capital and helping develop a "relational organizing" model. Currently with Manufacturing and Construction Workers' Union. |

MCWU
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Ali, Zulfaqir |
Pakistan |
Union information secretary |
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Anderson, Don |
New Zealand |
Consultant |
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Angel, Ron |
New Zealand |
Union organiser |
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Armitage, Christine
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United Kingdom
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Director of the UK Partnership Institute, set up by and still linked to national union body, the TUC. The Institute works to build worker participation and influence at enterprise level, and has done pioneering worked with major organisations in the UK and internationally including HBOS, Dfid, the Cabinet Office, the Home Office and Carlsberg. The case studies section of our Online Library contains examples of this work. |
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Atkinson, Margaret |
Australia |
Union documentalist |
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Atleson, James |
United States |
Professor of international & US labor law |
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Arreola, Valentina |
United States |
Registered nurse |
UNAC UHCP |
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Austen, Jane |
Australia |
Union campaigner |
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Azam, Zia Ullah |
Pakistan |
Union general secretary |
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Babaluni, Be Abdul |
New Zealand |
Writer |
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Babcock, Ian |
Canada |
University administrator |
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Badhesha, Hardeep |
Australia |
Train guard |
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Baker, Stephen |
Australia |
Union organiser |
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Bainger, Wendy |
Australia |
Community development worker |
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Bellairs, Mick |
Australia |
Union organiser |
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Ball, Matt |
United Kingdom |
Director of Unions21 |
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Ballantyne, Morna |
Canada |
Director of union education |
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Batchelor, Scott |
Australia |
Union official |
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Beley, Markian |
Canada |
Accountant |
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Bernard, Elaine |
United States |
Labor educator |
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Bibby, Andrew |
United Kingdom |
Writer |
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Bishop, Shawn |
Canada |
Housekeeper |
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Blackadder, Derek |
Canada

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Has worked with the Canadian Union of Public Employees and one of its predecessors since 1989. Before that was active in unions for about 10 years. Worked as an organizer (recruiting new members), an executive assistant, and with for most of his time with CUPE as as servicing representative. Also works towards greater international solidarity between workers and unions through his work in a labour-friendly NGO, and is a senior correspondent with LabourStart. |

CUPE
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Bolster, Pat |
New Zealand |
National union official |
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Bousquet, Marc |
United States |
Professor and union national councilor |
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Brandon, Cherie |
Australia |
Union organiser |
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Brelsford, Emma |
Australia |
Union organiser |
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Briskin, Linda |
Canada |
Professor |
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Brisebois, Luc |
Canada |
Local union president, social worker |
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Brown, Karen |
Australia |
Researcher |
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Brown, Pamela |
Canada |
Union office manager |
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Brulin, Gunnar |
Sweden |
Union journalist |
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Buchanan, Andrea |
Australia |
Union organiser |
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Budiarti, Indah |
Indonesia |
Union organizing and communications |
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Bulley, Craig |
Australia |
Radio producer |
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Butterworth, Jamie |
Australia |
IT specialist |
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Cabrera, Legna |
United States |
Assistant Director of Labor Programs |
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Campbell Eagles, Lian |
Australia |
Education administration |
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Canel, Tom |
United States |
Union organizer |
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Cardino, Rafael |
Philippines |
Teller |
TOEWU |
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Chandler-Mills, Dean
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New Zealand

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45 years in the union movement and still smiling. Began as a clerical union delegate in Tubemakers of Australia, and went on to organise workers in local government, theatre, electrical work, and, for the last sixteen years, public services in New Zealand. Has particular experience in local government and uniformed services. |

PSA
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Carpenter, Jeanne |
United States |
Organizer |
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Carruthers, Linda |
Australia |
Union research and education |
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Choi, Hae-Lin |
Germany |
Union researcher |
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Clark, Dawn |
United Kingdom |
Trade union officer |
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Cochrane, Paul
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New Zealand

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Began work as a public servant in 1983, became union delegate, then officer for the New Zealand Public Services Association (PSA). Worked with the union for the next twenty years, the last five spent as National Secretary. Headed PSA's organisational development, as the union developed a workplace-centred partnership strategy. Since then membership has grown strongly, with the increase now totaling almost 50%. In 2005 left to do independent work on organisational development, focusing on participative approaches to strategy-building. |
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Coey, Ken
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United Kingdom

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Over 25 years experience in coaching individuals and teams to achieve improved cooperation and performance. He has worked in the UK, New Zealand and Sweden. Currently based in the UK, he and his colleagues in VillmanCoey (Sweden) have worked with the union movement (and others) on developing teamwork and shared goals at both national and international level. |
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Cooper, Trish |
Australia |
Union official |
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Cormier, Chris |
Canada |
Child and youth worker |
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Costello, Peggy |
United States |
Pipe fitter |
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Cowling, Terry |
United Kingdom |
Gallery supervisor |
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Cradden, Conor |
France

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Independent researcher working in labour movement theory, industrial relations, the sociology of work and business ethics. Was formerly head of research at the AUT and branch secretary of TGWU. Now works mainly with global union federations and labour-oriented NGOs, and has recently published a book looking at the relationship between corporate behaviour and workplace democracy. PhD was awarded by the European University Institute in Italy. |
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Cross, Paul |
United Kingdom |
Trade union organiser |
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Crowther, Rob |
United Kingdom |
Trade union organiser |
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Cullinan, Josh |
Australia |
Union organiser |
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Curtis, Peter |
Australia |
Educator |
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Davies, Steve |
United Kingdom |
Senior research fellow |
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Davis, John |
Australia |
Radio producer |
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Dawodu, Smith Abiola |
United Kingdom |
Security officer |
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Dehwe, Clementine
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Zimbabwe

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Started working for the General Agriculture and Plantation Workers Union in Zimbabwe in 1985, first as an organiser, and then national women's coordinator. Moved to Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions as health and safety training officer, and HIV/Aids project coordinator. Currently based in South Africa, working for the Global Unions network as HIV/Aids project coordinator. |
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Dellevi, André-Roger |
Canada |
Airline worker |
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Devlin, Brian |
Australia |
Union educator |
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Diaz, Christine |
United States |
Flight attendant |
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Dikotsi, Ramakhera |
South Africa |
Educator, union negotiator and shop steward |
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Doe, Jenny |
United States |
NGO activist |
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Dolby, Adrian
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United Kingdom |
Student services assistant |
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Donais, Blaine |
Canada |
Union staff/mediator/consultant |
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Dondley, Stephen |
United States |
Labor website developer |
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Duffy, Grant |
New Zealand |
Partnership practice manager |
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Dungan, Brian |
United States
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Technical services |
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Dymny, Jerzy |
Canada |
Political musician
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Edwards, Richard |
United Kingdom |
Union organiser |
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Eldret, Lisa |
Switzerland |
Global union federation organiser |
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Elliot, Elliot V. |
Australia |
Seaman
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Elliott, Graham |
New Zealand |
Ticket collector
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Ellis, Lincoln |
Canada |
Union organizer |
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Espinosa-Organista, Luis |
USA / Mexico |
Union organizer |
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Evans, Mark |
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Mark is a health care assistant and in previous years has been international officer for his union branch. He now undertakes mostly advisory and supportive roles within the workplace, due to a broader frustration with the union movement. Still very interested in and committed to trade union revitalisation, and in particular in new ideas for workplace democracy and post-capitalist economic visions, his preferred model for which is parecon: participatory economics. |
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Falconer, Alex |
Australia |
Union organiser
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Falvey, Natalie |
Australia |
Trade union official |
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Farr, Jan
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New Zealand
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Writer, activist, former union communications worker |
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Feickert, Dave |
New Zealand |
Mine safety advisor and consultant in industrial relations, ergonomics and energy. Has acted as adviser to ETUC General Secretary John Monks; the New Zealand Government's Partnership Resource Centre on workplace partnerships; and a number of international trade unions on energy economics and policy. Formerly European Officer for the Trades Union Congress and head of research and Industrial relations officer for the National Union of Mineworkers, UK. |
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Fellner, Kim |
United States
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Development director for Working America and author of Wrestling With Starbucks: Conscience, Capital, Cappuccino. 17 years in the labor movement as: organizing propagandist for the Service Employees International Union; information director for the Screen Actors Guild; and executive director of the National Writers Union. Also a founding director of the National Organizers Alliance. |
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Field, Nathan |
Canada |
Student |
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Fink, Eric |
United States

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Law professor and labor union/workers' rights lawyer. His research focuses on the sociology of law, the legal profession and legal education; labor law and the labor movement; and the informal regulation of social practices. Has also taught at St. Joseph’s University, University of Chicago and The Anglo-American College in the Czech Republic. Practiced law with several firms in Philadelphia, concentrating on labor and employment law and civil litigation. |
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Fischer, Tom |
Australia |
Union organiser |
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Fogde, Karsten |
Denmark |
Trade union advisor |
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Ford, John |
Canada |
Retired union worker |
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Ford, Paul |
United States |
Medical professional |
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Fortescue, Robyn |
Australia
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Trade union official |
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Foster, Barry |
New Zealand |
University lecturer (IR) |
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Foster, Louise |
United Kingdom |
Area organiser |
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Fowler, David |
United Kingdom |
Trade union worker |
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Freeman, Richard B
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United States

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Harvard Professor of Economics, co-chair of Harvard trade union programme.
Of the 25 books he has written or edited, unionists probably most familiar with "What Workers Want", co-written with Joel Rogers. The most thorough study of US workers' aspirations in 30 years, "delivers a message about workplace democracy that union leaders would do well to build into their organizing strategies" (Dissent magazine). One of USA's foremost thinkers on the future of labour and unionism. |
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Fullerton, Randy |
United States |
Retired from the building trades union |
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Garay, Mauricio |
Canada |
Regional union organizer |
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Garver, Paul |
United States
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Global union official (retired) |
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Gaul, Chloe |
Australia |
Union educator |
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Gibbons, Helen |
Australia |
Trade union organiser |
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Gillespie, Robin |
United States |
Union ergonomist |
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Glover, Nicholas |
United States |
Support technician
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Gonzalez, Eduardo |
Australia |
Union organiser and education officer with the Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union.
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Gray, John |
United Kingdom |
Social housing officer |
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Green, Lester Muata |
United States |
Emergency medical services |
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Gregory, Mark
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Australia

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Unionist and folklorist; has been a union activist for about forty years, paid and unpaid. An avid collector of union songs: "the hidden voice of those determined not to be written out of history by corporate power". In 1997 launched what is quite possibly the best website of its kind: www.unionsong.com. In one of his many articles on union and workers' music, he quotes Woody Guthrie: 'Maybe you got a new song. You have, if you said what you really had to say about how the old world looks to you, or how it ought to be fixed'. |
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Grieg, Russel
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United Kingdom
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Union rep and negotiator. Has also been national lead negotiator, barman, manager in a bank, trainee legal exec, chair of a building society trade group and Buddhist. Currently studying trade unionism at Northern College, Barnsley. Also involved in developing various organising tools and resources for Unite's membership in the finance sector. |
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Grima, Theresa |
Australia |
Union education officer |
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Grossman, Jonathan |
United States |
Union representative |
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Groube, Emma |
Australia |
Union organiser |
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Guenard, Thomasin |
United States |
Union organizer |
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Guille, Howard |
Australia |
Retired union secretary |
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Gunstone, Tim |
Australia |
Union growth organiser |
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Hagen, Mark |
Germany |
Union officer / researcher |
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Hall-Jones, Peter
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France
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Has worked in the union movement for 18 years, starting out as an organiser/activist in unions for the unemployed, followed by work in transport and public services unions, and then Public Services International. Primarily communications and information roles, including managing NZ's first national internet provider. Currently lives near Geneva, developing the New Unionism website and publications, and working with others on developing the network. |

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Hallett, Adelia
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New Zealand

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Joined the union movement as a working journalist in the 1980s, and went on to work for New Zealand's largest private sector union the EPMU, setting up their communications department and a union newswire service as part of the process. Has a strong feel for strategic innovation, and now does freelance consultancy for several unions and NGOs. Last year won a national public relations award for her work on a wages campaign that led to real wages growth in New Zealand for the first time in a decade. |
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Hanlon, Beven |
New Zealand |
Corrections officer |
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Hanssen, Rolv
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Norway

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Bus driver in Norway for 18 years - and a union rep for most of that time. Then union officer for 11 years. Took part in developing "model municipalities", which involved harnessing workers' skills and knowledge to improve public services. Was a leader of the local federation LO in Trondheim, and helped establish broad alliances among unions on a proactive (ie rather than reactive) basis. Has written books and pamphlets in Norwegian about privatisation, tendering, private public partnerships and how unions can take the initiative in restructuring. |
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Haque, Ziaul |
India |
Businessman |
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Hardt, Michael |
United States |
Teacher |
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Hardy, Paul
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Ireland

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Has been working in SIPTU's Organising Department since 2005. Particularly interested in the efforts of unions, including his own, to renew themselves as political and industrial structures based on membership commitment and activism. Member of the Labour Party and a correspondent for LabourStart. Was formerly an activist and member of the National Union of Journalists' national executive. |
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Harrison, Sam |
United Kingdom |
TUC union academy organiser |
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Hearn Mackinnon, Bruce |
Australia |
University lecturer |
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Heckscher, Charles
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United States

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Director for the Center for Workplace Transformation, part of the School of Management and Labor Relations at Rutgers University. Has written a large number of books and papers on new unionism, union reform, participatory unionism, developing workplace partnership, the collaborative enterprise, and network theory. Prof Heckscher has been directly involved in a large number of industrial transformations, and these have given his work a practical value which unions have come to value highly. A selection of his writings is available here. |
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Herrera, Kathy Luz |
United States |
Union electrician / county legislator |
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Hieber, Paul |
United States |
Respiratory therapist |
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Higgins, Sue |
United Kingdom |
Theatre nurse |
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Hikaumba, Leonard
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Zambia

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Trade unionist currently serving as President of the Zambia Congress of Trade Unions, as well as for the Civil Servants and Allied Workers Union of Zambia. Employed in Zambia's Ministry of Agriculture as a senior livestock officer, and also involved in campaigning against HIV/Aids. |
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Hodges, Damon |
Australia |
Union organiser |
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Holland, Marvin |
United States |
Cleaner
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Holmes, Leanne |
Australia |
Bus driver |
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Horn, Carl |
New Zealand |
Union organiser |
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Hume, Duncan |
United Kingdom |
Probation officer |
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Hunter, Peter |
Australia |
Union technical officer |
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Hunter, Philip
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Switzerland

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Has worked as a consultant to the ILO in Geneva for the past five years, focusing on multinationals and the social responsibilities of business. Worked extensively on research, policy analysis and awareness raising for unions at the global level, concentrating on labour rights and the global economy. Current research interests include the political and international solidarity dimensions of trade union renewal. |
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Hurst, Alison |
United States |
Teacher |
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Jacoby, Sanford |
United States |
Teacher |
AAUP |
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Jarvis, Peter |
United Kingdom |
Union tutor |
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Jimenez, Carlos |
United States |
Labor NGO national director |
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Jolly, Aidan |
United Kingdom |
Musician |
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Jones, Amber |
New Zealand |
Student
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Student union |
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Jones, Jolyon |
United Kingdom |
Social worker
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Jones, Ray |
United Kingdom |
Trade union official |
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Kaboolian, Linda |
United States |
Lecturer in public policy |
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Kansanen, Laura |
Finland

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Visual artist who has been involved in progressive groups and causes for years. Artistic advisor to the New Unionism project, helps review the website and publications as she awaits the second coming of Pippi Longstocking. |
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Keil. Michael |
Denmark |
Trade union tutor |
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Kelber, Harry |
United States |
Labor journalist |
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Kelly, Jeff |
United Kingdom

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Director, UK Partnership Institute (initially set up by TUC). Trainer/facilitator who leads workshops on partnerships and team working. Has been an active unionist for over 35 years and has represented members of several unions including TGWU (Unite) Amicus (Unite), GMB and the POA. Jeff believes that the way forward for industrial relations is partnership working, and that this is fundamental in improving working conditions and job security, as well as in sustaining a competitive organisation.
Committed to delivering partnership that is both effective and sustainable. |
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Kelly, Linda |
United Kingdom
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Heads up the industrial relations team of the Ministry of Justice in the UK. Also associate and founding director of the UK Partnership Institute. Formerly a teacher, City broker, policy maker and personnel and training manager of the Labour Party. Pragmatist and consensus-builder, motivator and problem-solver. Membership of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, BEd (Hons) from Leeds and recognition as a Myers Briggs assessor. A director of the Training Standards Council, board member of the European TUC College, and council member of Employment NTO, plus other senior posts. |
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Kemp, Anna |
Canada |
Co-op worker |
Student union |
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Kemp, Holly |
Australia |
Union organiser |
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Kempton, Paul |
United Kingdom |
Welfare rights advocate, manager of unit |
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Kenny, Anna |
New Zealand
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National postal and logistics organiser for the NZ Engineering, Printing and Manufacturers' Union. Also a singer-songwriter in the award winning union choir: Choir Choir Pants on Fire. |
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Keogh, Josh |
United States |
Bicycle mechanic |
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Kerbel, Jeremy |
Australia |
Union researcher |
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Kirkham, John |
United Kingdom
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Works with The Work Foundation (formerly The Industrial Society), a UK-based organisation of which the TUC and UNISON are partners, dedicated to improving the quality of working lives. Coach, facilitator and negotiator. Firmly believes that all people have a valuable contribution to make to the world of work, and that it is the challenge of management to harness this collective experience for the benefit of all stakeholders in an organisation. |
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Kirwan, Gary |
United Kingdom |
Full time trade union official |
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Klingzell-Brulin, Malin |
Sweden |
Editor
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Kloosterboer, Dirk |
Netherlands
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Union policy advisor / researcher. Wrote "Innovative Trade Union Strategies" for the Netherlands Trade Union Confederation FNV: a booklet on creative union responses to changes in international labour relations and production. Also runs the exceptional Union Renewal blog. |
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Koletsis, George |
Australia

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Starting out as a metal-worker, has been a political activist, union organiser and education worker for most of his life. Worked mainly in Australia, Romania, and around Eastern Europe, with stints as a project manager and contract consultant for the ILO and other international organisations. A committed socialist with an outspoken sense of humour and a natural egalitarianism... cuts through bureaucracy like a chainsaw (on methedrine) through butter. |
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Laird, George |
New Zealand |
Union education organiser
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Lambert, Denyse |
Canada |
Respectful workplace trainer |
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Landsbergis, Paul |
United States |
Professor / labour educator |
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Larche, Jean-Pierre |
Canada |
Communications worker |
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Larsen, Jennifer |
United States |
Senior research technician |
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Law, Michael
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New Zealand |
University lecturer in labour studies |
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Le Blanc, Ida |
Trinidad & Tobago |
Union leader |
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Leary, Chris |
United Kingdom |
Union convenor |
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Lebans, Gayle |
Canada |
Union organizer |
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Lee, Adam |
United States |
Union officer |
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Lee, Amy |
Australia |
Industrial officer/ employment lawyer |
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Leitch, Richard |
United Kingdom |
Civil servant |
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Lenihan, Denis |
United Kingdom |
Trade union official |
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Little, Andrew |
New Zealand
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National Secretary of NZ's largest private sector union, the Amalgamated Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union, since 2000. EPMU has members in 10 industries, from cleaners to clerical workers to the highest-skilled trades people. Qualified lawyer and former national student president. Sits on many boards and organisations. Has led the union through a process of consolidation and modernisation, and helped develop a strategic approach in industrial relations. |
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Littlewood, Stephen |
Australia |
Union organiser |
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Lombardi, Gerald |
United States |
Researcher |
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Long, Colin |
Australia |
Researcher |
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Lozanski, Laura |
Canada |
Occupational health and safety officer
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Lynch, Eddie |
Ireland |
Taxi driver, union branch secretary |
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Maher, Samantha |
United Kingdom |
NGO campaigner
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Malone, Geraldine |
Ireland |
Union organiser |
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Manborde, Ian |
United Kingdom |
Teacher |
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Mannion, Martin |
Ireland |
Union organiser |
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Marasco, Brigid |
Australia |
Union communications officer |
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Mark, Monica |
Canada |
Union support worker |
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Martin, Pete |
United Kingdom |
Union tutor and organiser |
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Maso, Thobile
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South Africa

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A trade unionist since before the end of the apartheid era, helped establish the Post and Telecommunication Workers Association in 1986. Amandla nga wethu yebasebenzi, basebenzi masimanyane. Currently co-ordinates education in the South African Municipal Workers' Union. Well-known workers' poet, lately has been setting some of his poems to music. |
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Mason, Rob |
United Kingdom |
University lecturer |
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Matthews, Peter |
Australia |
Retired / community work |
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May, Maggie |
Australia |
Union organiser |
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McCarten, Matt |
New Zealand |
Union official
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McCarthy, Mary |
Canada |
Union staff |
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McGarry, Alison |
United Kingdom |
TUC national organising training and consultancy officer |
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McIntosh, Alex |
Australia |
Organiser |
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McKeown, Andrew |
Australia |
Organiser |
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McLauchlan, Ruth |
United States |
Quality assurance consultant |
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McLean, Greg |
Australia

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Assistant National Secretary of the Australian Services Union, responsible for public services, state and local government, water/energy utilities and public transport. Extensive experience in public sector reform. Has campaigned widely against privatisation, both nationally and internationally. Holds post-graduate qualifications in Industrial Relations and was a rank and file member before becoming involved in union work.
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McLeod, Georgina |
New Zealand |
National union policy advisor - health sector |
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McNally, Michael |
Australia |
Union organiser |
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Milburn, Tom |
United Kingdom |
Trade union staff |
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Miller, Polly |
New Zealand

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Polly worked for the NZ Public Services Association for two years, having been a delegate for two before this, and then moved to the UK where she worked for three years with UK unions NUT and UNISON, followed by a stint with the UK Partnership Institute.
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Milligan, Joanne |
United Kingdom |
Public affairs advocate |
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Mitchell, Stephany |
New Zealand |
Union organiser and educator |
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Moase, Godfrey |
Australia |
Union organiser |
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Moore, Clancy |
Australia |
Union organiser |
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Mohle, Beth |
Australia |
Union assistant secretary
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Morgan, Brian |
United Kingdom |
Care manager |
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Mountford, Sean |
Australia |
Union organiser |
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Mpendu, Zett |
South Africa |
Union organiser |
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Mukoya, Kent |
Kenya |
Corporate planner, labour NGO |
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Mullen, Tony |
Australia

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Worked for Australian Education Union since 1990: first as an organiser, now as an educator. Describes his work as a struggle to move the organisation from a servicing to an organising culture, and from rhetoric to reality. Facilitates industrial education for members in schools and vocational colleges, focusing on rights, representation and organizing, plus modules such as occupational safety and health. |
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Mulready, Pamela |
Australia |
Educator |
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Munger, Joseph |
United States |
Crane operator |
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Murphy, Alice |
Australia |
Trade union official |
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Naether, Robert |
United Kingdom |
Totally disabled
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Ndiku, Judah |
Kenya |
Lecturer |
UASU |
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Needleman, Ruth |
United States |
Professor of Labor Studies |
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Newsome, Danielle |
United States |
Student |
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Norling, Ken |
Australia |
Union administrative officer |
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Norris, Mark |
United Kingdom |
Trade union organiser |
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North, Jim |
United States |
Medical records worker |
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Nowak, Paul |
United Kingdom

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UK Trades Union Congress (TUC) New Unionism Project Director in May 2002, then TUC's National Organiser. Before this TUC regional secretary in the North East and Cumbria. Currently leads TUC’s work to support union efforts on organising and recruitment, which includes the development and delivery of the TUC Organising Academy, and co-ordinates the TUC’s ‘Leading Change’ training and development programme for senior union officers, and supports the TUC’s work on inter-union relations. |
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O'Callaghan, Marj |
Australia |
National Industrial Officer |
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O'Connor, Liz |
Mexico |
Organizer |
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O'Donnell, Dianne |
United Kingdom |
ICT Desktop Technician
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O'Donnell, Michael |
Canada |
Federal health and safety officer |
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Oduor, Wycliffe |
Canada |
Postal worker |
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Ogden, Max |
Australia

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Fitter and turner who spent 30 years as a union official; for most of that time grappling with issues around workplace and union democracy. Retired in 2004, having established and worked for the Foundation for Sustainable Economic Development at Melbourne University. Still involved with the Foundation’s project 'Work & Social Cohesion Under Globalisation'. Working with the ACTU and some New Zealand unions on new strategies involving workplace democracy and high performance work systems. |
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Ouzas, Jan |
Canada |
Business clerk
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Oztemel, Deniz |
United Kingdom |
Probation officer
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Pandolfo, Charlie |
Australia |
Union organiser |
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Parkinson, Michael |
United Kingdom |
Call centre adviser
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Peacock, Bob |
Canada |
Support services worker |
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Pekarek, Andreas |
Australia |
PhD student
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Potter, Martin |
United Kingdom |
Railway worker
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Power, Kim |
Canada |
Trade union rep
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Radford, William |
United States |
Security officer |
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Raffo, Jeffrey |
Germany |
Organizer |
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Raines, Ian |
Japan |
Part time organizer |
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Rajani, Heenal |
United Kingdom |
Elected union officer
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Rea, Sharon |
Australia |
Registered nurse
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NSNSWA |
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Rector, Matt |
Guam |
Teacher
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GFT |
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Reithmuller, Ted |
Australia |
Retired; labour historian
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Ribeiro, Rodrigo |
Portugal |
Temp |
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Robb, Martha |
United States |
Union organizer
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Rogers, Jon |
United Kingdom |
Union safety advisor |
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Rondeau, Kris |
United States

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The story of the HUCTW, and Kris's "relational organizing" approach, is an inspiring one. The union was built from the ground up by Harvard employees (Kris was a lab assistant). Leadership comes from members, who also negotiate contracts and work with management to address issues of policy and improve the working environment. HUCTW has broken new ground with tactics based on establishing relationships and common values, rather than focusing solely on “issues”. Kris and her team facilitated victories at the Universities of Minnesota and Illinois, and UMASS Medical Center and School, as well as seeding unions in the city of Cambridge and elsewhere. |
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Rooney, Joe |
United Kingdom |
TUC Academy organiser
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Roper, Carl |
United Kingdom |
TUC organising director |
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Rowley, Mike |
United Kingdom |
Research student (migrant workers)
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Runstedler, Ailleen |
Canada |
Postal worker
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Rush, Barbara |
United Kingdom |
Scientist
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Saunders, Shaun |
United Kingdom |
Trade union official
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Saxberg, Barbara |
Canada |
Journalist / labour educator |
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Schluter, Jodie |
Australia

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Helps organize young workers for the peak union body in South Australia. Also manages the U-Who? Young People and Unions project. Key roles are education, advocacy, networking, campaigning, building partnerships and resource development. Prior to this was as an organiser with the Australian Services Union, and also worked for a number of years as a youth worker, community educator and in the youth development. Experienced advocate, has also worked for a few years with multicultural communities. |
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Schmidt, Walter |
United States |
Woodworker and painter
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Schnall, Peter |
United States |
Medical worker
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Schnell, George |
Belgium |
Trade union education worker
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Schulz, Claudia |
Germany |
Public service trainee |
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See, John |
United States |
Telecommunications coordinator
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Sehgal, Rakhi |
India |
Labour researcher
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Sheehy, Rob |
Australia |
Union organiser |
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Shostak, Arthur |
United States |
Professor (retired)
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Sibley, Peter |
France |
Company director |
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Simpson, Bob |
United States |
Web geek and cartoonist
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Smart, Paul |
United Kingdom |
Mental health service team leader |
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Smith, Dave |
Trinidad & Tobago |
Union organiser
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Smith, Paul |
United Kingdom

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London manager for Social Change Online. Specialist in union communications strategy and social change campaigns. Recent projects include www.usdaw.org.uk, winner of TUC's 2004 award for best website. Involved in innovative work such as setting up the first virtual union branch site as pilot for Unison. Provides online organising consultancy for TUC, and was keynote speaker at 2005 UNI global union communicators' conference in Washington. |
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Smith, Susan |
New Zealand |
Social worker |
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Smyth, Louis |
United Kingdom |
Teaching assistant |
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Stam, Eddy |
Belgium

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Currently a policy advisor with the European Metalworkers' Federation. Has worked in unions for more than 17 years, and within the Dutch FNV bondgenoten union (NL) initiated the change of approach needed to build an organizing union for cleaners. Current work involves supporting international workers' participation and TU coordination. A firm believer and practicer of renewal through organising and international cooperation. |
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Stanford, Jim |
Canada

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An economist with the Canadian Auto Workers union; writes regular economics column for the Globe and Mail. Main interest is promoting economic literacy among unionists, so as to challenge dominant assumptions and ideologies that get passed off as the only choice in economics. His new book Economics for Everyone comes with an on-line curriculum to assist unions in popular economics training for their members. |
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Steinhoff, Carolyn |
United States |
Writer, teacher
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Stepp, Meredith |
United States |
Labor education specialist |
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Stokes, Ken |
New Zealand |
Union organiser
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Stroud, Sue |
Canada
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Public service worker |
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Sutherland, Donald |
Australia |
National industrial officer |
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Sutherland, Steve |
Canada |
Local union president
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Syed, Pirzada Imtiaz |
Pakistan

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Secretary General of the All Pakistan Federation of United Trade Unions, and National Secretary of the Pakistan Brick Kiln Labour Union. Has worked for the Electricity Workers and Bone Crushing Industries Workers for 35 years, again including a role as National Secretary. Combines executive responsibilities with a strong knowledge of workers' concerns from regular site visits and participation in delegates' meetings and conferences. In September 2005 was elected Secretary General of the national alliance “Labour Unity”. |
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Syed, Zia |
Pakistan |
Union federation secretary
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Taylor, Cheri |
Australia |
Union branch secretary
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Temple, Liz |
Australia
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Union organiser |
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Thomas, Edward |
Australia |
Press operator
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Thompson, Kenneth |
United Kingdom |
Auxiliary nurse
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Thorn, Lachlan |
Australia |
Union organiser
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Tindling, Michelle |
New Zealand |
Customer service rep |
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Tiwow, Marcus Wenas |
Indonesia |
Unionist |
FESDIKARI SBSI |
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Treadwell, Paul |
New Zealand |
IT worker
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Treloar, Ian |
Australia |
Union organiser
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Treen, Mike |
New Zealand |
Union organiser |
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Tswaipe, Edward |
Botswana |
University lecturer
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TAWU |
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Tubach, Linda |
United States |
Teacher and Director, Collective Bargaining Education Project |
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van Barneveld, Kristin |
Australia |
Union employee |
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Vandenberg, Andrew |
Australia |
University lecturer
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Vazquez, Guillermo |
United States |
Union organizer |
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Vithoulkas, Jean |
Australia |
Union writer |
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Wadley, Eamon |
United Kingdom |
Postgrad student |
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Walton, Toby |
United Kingdom |
University worker |
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Watson, John |
France
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Communications worker, builder, mechanic, caregiver, plumber, counselor, website developer, electrician and desktop publisher. Formerly communications worker for Public Services International, now working for the World Health Organisation and doing freelance work for the international union/NGO GAPS campaign and the global unions' HIV-Aids project. |
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Weeks, Kathi |
United States |
Teacher |
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Wells, Clare |
New Zealand |
Union policy advisor |
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Whimp, Graeme |
New Zealand |
Unionist, PhD student |
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White, Whanau |
New Zealand |
Union education officer |
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Whitehouse, Robin |
Canada |
Construction worker |
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Whitley, Alan |
New Zealand |
Corrections officer |
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Wilson, Hugh |
Australia |
Student |
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Wilson, Tom |
United Kingdom |
Trade union official |
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Windelov, Kirsten |
New Zealand

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Trade union official, currently working with PSA in New Zealand, following work with Prospect in the UK. Prior to this she was a high school rep, a student rep, a teacher's rep, a parliamentary services staff rep, and a public services union rep. Along the way she obtained a law degree, which has been a help at times, and a fine sense of humour. In fact this network began with a joke she made. |
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Woodruff Jr, John |
United States |
Union organizer |
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Woods, Oliver |
New Zealand |
Student / worker |
AUSA |
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Wratten, Paul |
New Zealand
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Freelance technologist |
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Yeadon, Stella |
Canada |
Union communicator |
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Zavitz, Carol |
Canada |
Union staff |
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Zutalors |
Registered in Liberia

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Agent provocateur.
Zutalors (also known as Dogenes) joined the New Unionism network before our security procedures and initiation rituals were tightened up. As the only non-existent member, he/she/it is currently setting up a caucus to undermine our lack of structure. Please be very wary of anything this member has to say - Zutalors is clearly playing a devil's advocacy game, intending to provoke the maximum debate. You can contact The Secret Faction for the Non-Existent at: zutalors@newunionism.net |

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