The extraordinary congress of the union confederation HK, the second largest in Denmark in terms of members, elected chairman Kim Simonsen, leader of the unions' "local public administration branch". He will be in charge of bringing a halt to members leaving and of carrying out the organization's restructuring. (Ref. 080033)
Kim Simonsen, 46 (25 years in the union), until now leader of the union’s HK/Kommunal section (the local branch)*, defeated Karin Bancsi, the union’s vice-president since 2001, with 54.2% of the votes of the 367 delegates gathered at an extraordinary congress in Odense on January 12. In spite of the fact that 75% of HK members are women, there was never a chairwoman at the head of the union. With no bitterness, the candidate, who centred her campaign on equal opportunities, told the press: “I
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