Sharan Burrow is the president of the Australian Council of Trade Unions. She is the second female to become president of the ACTU. The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) is the peak national body representing workers in Australia. ... The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) is the peak national body representing workers in Australia. ...

Sharan was born in Warren, NSW in 1945 to a family with strong Trade Union involvement. She became a teacher in the early 1980's. This position allowed her to become involved in the NSW Teachers' Federation. She later became president of the Bathurst Trades and Labor Council. Before becoming ACTU president she was also president of the Australian Education Union (AEU) in 1992. Currently she also holds a position in the International Labour Organisation (ILO). 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... A union (labor union in American English; trade union in Commonwealth English) is an organisation formed by workers. ... Bathurst can refer to several cities in English-speaking countries: Bathurst, New Brunswick (Canada) Bathurst, New South Wales (Australia) Bathurst, South Africa, near Grahamstown on the eastern cape. ... The Australian Education Union is an Australian trade union which is registered with the Australian Industrial Relations Commission as an employee group, and is affiliated with the Australian Council of Trade Unions. ... For other meanings of the ILO abbreviation, see ILO (disambiguation). ...