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Recent Employment History
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2003 – date
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Consultant in industrial relations, ergonomics and energy (adviser to European Trade Union Confederation General Secretary, John Monks; adviser to New Zealand Government’s Partnership Resource Centre on workplace partnerships; presentation of written and oral evidence on coal mine safety to the US Congressional-Executive Commission on China, December 2004; adviser to a number of international trade unions on energy economics and policy)
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1993 – 2003
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European Officer, Trades Union Congress, Brussels, Belgium
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1984 – 1993
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Head of research, National Union of Mineworkers, UK
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1983 – 1984
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Industrial relations officer, National Union of Mineworkers, UK
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Relevant Memberships
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2001 – 2002;
2002 – 2004
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Member, European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), Brussels, Belgium
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1995 – 2003
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Member, European Social Dialogue Committee
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1998 – 2001;
2002 – 2003
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Member, Board of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, Dublin, Ireland
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1998 – 2000
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Member, UK Government Round Table on Sustainable Development
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1998 – 2003
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Member, Trade Unions and Sustainable Development Advisory Committee, UK
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1985 – 1993
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Member, TUC Energy Committee
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1985 – 1993
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Substitute member, European Coal and Steel Consultative Committee and sub-committees on ergonomics and markets and prices
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1978 – date
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Associate Member, Ergonomics Society, UK
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Education
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2005 – current
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MA on Coal mine safety in China, Asian Studies Institute, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
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1980 – 1983
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Ph D (incomplete) Human reliability and automation in coal mining, University of Bradford, UK
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1978 – 1979
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MSc, Ergonomics, Engineering Production, University of Birmingham, UK
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1965 – 1967
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BA, Asian Studies and English, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
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1960 – 1964
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Wanganui Boys College, New Zealand
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