LO's 36th congress, which gathered 800 representatives in Copenhagen from October 28 to October 21, marks a "return to the roots" with the election of Harald Børsting, "tradition man", who won by 17 points on the "innovation woman", Tine Auvrig-Huggenberger. The watchword is to go back to fundamental value and to the union's role of defending workers, or even to curb the loss of members. The confederation lost about 200.000 members in ten years. (Ref. 070913)
A TV2 survey said that the woman applicant would win with 71%. Tine Auvrig-Huggenberger, 44, vice-president of LO since 1996, was confident about her victory but, even if most of the chairs of LO’s 17 federations supported her, the high-ranking officials of the three largest – 3F, HK and FOA, chose Harald Børsting, 55, LO secretary since 1995. Thus, he won with only 17 additional voices. After her defeat, she declared: “This is a sign that it is really difficult for a woman to be elected at the
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