Netherlands: Ton Heerts, new FNV general secretary

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20 June 2012 à 09h59

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The FNV is changing its name and its leader but is still close to the Labor Party (PVDA), as we can see with the appointment of Ton Heerts, former head of the Labor Parliament Group (2006-10), to succeed Agnes Jongerius as the federation's general secretary. (Ref. 120407)
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Antonius “Ton” Heerts, 45, is a former military officer (Koninklijke Marechaussee), where he was responsible for criminal investigations and for the safety of Princess Margriet and her husband, Pieter van Vollenhoven. He started in 1994 with the Federation of Christian Unions (CNV), the country’s other key union, before joining the FNV in 2000. There, he was the head of the General Federation of Military Staff (Algemene Federatie van Militair Personeel, AFMP), and then Vice-President from 200

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