Report part 2: ETF Women's Committee meeting, October 2014 - Women Port Workers
Submitted by Janine on 23 November, 2014 - 18:03Women Working at Antwerp Port
Having begun working as a receptionist in 1975, Monique Verbeeck is the first female secretary of the Belgian port union, BTB. She is also the ITF and ETF women port workers’ representative. Monique introduced a deputation of women union activists from the Port of Antwerp, who addressed the meeting and took us on a visit to the port.
A DHL worker told us that port working is no longer entirely a “man’s world”, although it is still male-dominated.