M. Roland SCHNEIDER

Roland Schneider is senior policy advisor at the Trade Union Advisory Committee (TUAC) to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris. TUAC is the interface for labor unions with the OECD. It is an international trade union organization with members in all OECD countries. TUAC has consultative status with the OECD and its various committees. Following an apprenticeship as a toolmaker, Mr. Schneider completed studies in mechanical engineering and political science.

From 1981 to December 1985, he conducted research projects at the Economic and Social Research Institute of the German federation of trade unions (DGB), located in Düsseldorf. In 1986 he joined the DGB as a full time official, concerned with issues related to the introduction of new technologies and the improvement of working conditions. At TUAC, which he joined in 1998, he works on employment, labor market, and social policy issues, as well as on education and training issues.