Heike Erkers is the Chair of the Swedish labour union Akademikerförbundet SSR (English, "The Union for Professionals").[1]

Erkers elected as a new chair of Akademikerförbundet SSR in 2012

Heike Erkers started being in engaged in labour union issues in the 1990s. In 2003 she was elected member of the board of Akademikerförbundet SSR, she became First Vice-Chair in 2006, and on 13 May 2012 she was elected Chair.[2]

As Chair of Akademikerförbundet SSR, Heike Erkers has, among other things, argued in favour of the value of employers performing salary surveys (lönekartläggning) on a regular basis.[3] Another issue is child poverty.[4] She is also a member of the Executive Committee of the European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU)[5]

References edit

  1. ^ ""Politiker, ge socialtjänsten rätt förutsättningar"". Svenska Dagbladet. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Heike Erkers ny förbundsordförande". Akademikerförbundet SSR. Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  3. ^ "Swedes ignore equality law on salary surveys". The Local. 2013-03-07. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  4. ^ "Akademikerbas med Göteborgsanknytning". Göteborgsposten. 2012-05-13. Archived from the original on 15 May 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  5. ^ "EPSU Executive Committee updated 21 /11 /2013" (PDF). EPSU. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2013.