Adriana Rosenzvaig has moved from the head of UNI Graphical & Packaging to the head of the new Strategic Campaigns, Organising and Education (SCORE) department. Steve Walsh is the new head of UNI Graphical. Steve comes from Australia where he was the National Secretary of the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union Printing Division. In the SCORE department, Adriana is joined by Nadine Rae and Olga Vinogradova. Nadine worked in India from January 2007-April 2009, coordinating an all India campaign to organise private security workers with UNI and two Indian national trade union centres. Olga formerly headed up UNI’s work in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. In Property Services, Alice Dale has joined as head of sector and Nigel Venes is the organiser for the department. Alice was a local president and national officer in US union SEIU, working in Property Services, Healthcare and Public Services for over 20 years before joining UNI in June 2009. Nigel comes to UNI from the Public & Commercial Services Union in the UK where he was a national organiser since 2003.
“This is a new era for UNI as we move into the future with a strong plan to organise more workers and build their bargaining power,” said Adriana Rosenzvaig. “I am excited to be leading the SCORE department and to be working with new colleagues in both my department and in the sectors.”UNI has many new faces in the Nyon office that have joined in the last few years.
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