Monday, March 12, 2012

Sharan Burrow: Work, Social Justice and GFC

SHARAN BURROW
General Secretary - International Trade Union Confederation
on 
THE DAMAGE DONE
Work, Social Justice and the GFC

1.00-2.00pm, Friday, 30 March 2012
Teachers Federation Conference Centre,
37 Reservoir St, Surry Hills (one block from Elizabeth St).
Free admission but please register at sjp@unsw.edu.au.

The International Trade Union Confederation is based in Brussels and represents 175m unionists around the world.

Sharan will reflect on her experiences negotiating with heads of governments and leaders of bodies like the IMF, World Bank, International Labour Organisation and G20.

She was born in country NSW and graduated from UNSW before becoming a schoolteacher, head of the Australian Education Union and President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (2000-2010).

The Law, Governance and Social Justice series promotes discussion about how laws, legal processes and other aspects of governance can affect social justice here and overseas.

It was initiated by the Law Faculty of the University of New South Wales and is now
co-sponsored with the University of Sydney and the University of Technology Sydney.

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