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The Workers’ Group | GRoup II

…and what we’re fighting for!

Who we are...The Workers’ Group (Group II) comprises representatives from national trade unions, confederations and sectoral federations. Its members represent over 80 trade union organisations – the vast majority of them affiliated to the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) or its sectoral federations.

Although European social structures are a model for much of the world, there are still too many people suffering hardship or excluded from society because of poverty, discrimination, lack of education, or other disadvantages.

The Workers’ Group key priorities have always been full employment, the improvement of the living and working conditions of workers in Europe and the well-being of all EU citizens, as well as of workers and their families in other continents.

It is firmly committed to the enlargement and strengthening of the EU, as an area of prosperity, freedom and democracy, mutual support, solidarity and social cohesion, and aims to ensure that workers can play a real part in European policy-making.

…and what we’re fighting for!

2010-2015presidency of

the Workers’ Group

Georges Dassis(EL)

President

Vice-presidents

AndrzejAdamczyk

(PL)

GabrieleBischoff

(DE)

DaivaKvedaraitė

(LT)

JuanMendoza

(ES)

DanaŠtechová

(CZ)

GérardDantin

(FR)

ThomasJanson

(SE)

DanielaRondinelli

(IT)

Victor HugoSequeira

(PT)

Secretariat

Denis LiégeoisAdministrator

+32 25468274denis.liegeois@eesc.europa.eu

Eva ŠanovcováAdministrator

+32 25469102eva.sanovcova@eesc.europa.eu

Susanna FlorioHead of unit

+32 25469932susanna.florio@eesc.europa.eu

Simona SimeoniAdministrator

+32 25469565simona.simeoni@eesc.europa.eu

Francisco SorianoAssistant

+32 25468680francisco.soriano@eesc.europa.eu

Christine ThymelisAssistant

+32 25468783christine.thymelis@eesc.europa.eu

Dafina KusemilevskaAssistant

+32 25469012dafina.kusemilevska@eesc.europa.eu

Petra SchlabertzAssistant

+32 25469770petra.schlabertz@eesc.europa.eu

Margarita GavanasAssistant

+32 25469394margarita.gavanas@eesc.europa.eu

Workers’ GroupUK members

ChristineBlower

NUT/ETUCE/ETUCChristine.Blower@eesc.europa.eu

SandyBoyle

TUCSandy.Boyle@eesc.europa.eu

BrianCurtis

WTUCBrian.Curtis@eesc.europa.eu

JudyMcKnight

NAPOJudy.McKnight@eesc.europa.eu

PeterColdrick

TUCPeter.Coldrick@eesc.europa.eu

NicholasCrook

UNISONNicholas.Crook@eesc.europa.eu

MonicaTaylor

TGWUMonica.Taylor@eesc.europa.eu

KathleenWalker Shaw

GMB kathleenwalkershaw@gmbbrussels.be

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European Economic and Social Committee

GROUP II • E-mail: gr2@eesc.europa.eu

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ENREG.NO. BE - BXL - 27

QE-04-13-002-EN-C

ISBN 978-92-830-2247-3

doi:10.2864/53757