Bernadette Ségol

Bernadette Ségol (born 1949) is a French former trade union leader.

Ségol in 2014

Born in Luzech, Ségol received a master's degree in philosophy from the University of Toulouse, then became the assistant to the general secretary of the International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers' Federation. In 1985, she moved to Brussels to become director of Euro-FIET, the European section of the International Federation of Commercial, Clerical, Professional and Technical Employees. In 2000, this merged into the new UNI-Europa, the European section of the Union Network International (UNI), and Ségol was elected as its first general secretary. Under her leadership, UNI-Europa set up European Works Councils, campaigned for the Temporary Agency Workers' Directive, and worked to ensure that the Services Directive maintained workers' rights.[1][2][3]

In 2011, Ségol was elected as general secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation, the first woman to hold the post. She focused on campaigning against austerity. She retired in 2015.[1][4][2]

References

1. "TUC backs Bernadette Segol for ETUC General Secretary". Trades Union Congress. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
2. "Bernadette Segol - The next ETUC General Secretary". UNI Global Union. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
3. "Bernadette Ségol - General Secretary". ETUC. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
4. "Luca Visentini is the proposed successor to Bernadette Ségol as General Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation". ETUC. Retrieved 5 May 2020.