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peter waldorff

peter waldorff , 2007-2012 general secretary of psi public services international .
he was born in 1955 and is danish , married with tina waldorff and having two grown up children .
he was elected as general secretary of public services international during the 28th congress in vienna , austria on 24 -- 28 september 2007 , his mandate ended in november 2012 when he was not re-elected at the 29th congress in durban .
2011-2013 chair of the council of global unions .
previous to his election , peter was president of hk/stat the trade union for government and public employees in denmark from 1998 to 2007 , and in that capacity , he was already an active member of the psi executive board and the epsu executive committee .
in denmark , peter had several other mandates in trade union organisations and pension funds .
his trade union activity started in 1975 when he was a youth activist in the hk union , and he went from strength to strength , becoming youth secretary in 1981 , then in 1986 collective bargaining officer for the hk/state sector .
from 1992 to 1998 , he was head of secretariat of hk/stat .
peter worked for eight years in the municipality of lyngby-taarbaek , north of copenhagen , where he was also shop steward .
his work there was mainly in the tax department , and he spent the last year in the department for child day care .
his formal education was in the area of local government and further training combined with courses in economics , languages , management , ict and organisational development .
peter 's achievements in the collective bargaining sphere include obtaining binding agreements for state sector employees , enabling them to develop their competences and take on more demanding positions .
he was also involved in the 2005 agreement to set up so-called integration positions targeted at persons with a non-danish ethnical background -lrb- immigrants and their descendants -rrb- who experience difficulties accessing the labour market .
peter is convinced that quality public services is vital fighting growing inequality .
he also underlines the importance of collective bargaining , which is a vital tool for unions everywhere to achieve decent working conditions .
