More women on the
steering committee. Verdi, which has set equal opportunities as
one of its priorities, has shown the way during its Congress. Of the 14 people appointed to the union’s steering
committee, 9 are women now. However, the
union’s figurehead is still a man: for the fourth time in a row, Frank Bsirske,
59, the son of a nurse and an assembly worker at Volkswagen, was reelected as
the union’s President, with 94.7% of the votes – a little more than four years
ago. Famous in Germany because of his
assertive speeches against the excess of capitalism, this ‘mustache man’ gave
two major speeches during the Congress – one on Verdi’s work and one on the
union’s strategic course.
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steering committee. Verdi, which has set equal opportunities as
one of its priorities, has shown the way during its Congress. Of the 14 people appointed to the union’s steering
committee, 9 are women now. However, the
union’s figurehead is still a man: for the fourth time in a row, Frank Bsirske,
59, the son of a nurse and an assembly worker at Volkswagen, was reelected as
the union’s President, with 94.7% of the votes – a little more than four years
ago. Famous in
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