Jan-Henrik Sandberg new Chairman of ICEM Pulp and Paper Sector
May 26 2011 The Pulp and Paper sector of the International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine, and General Workers’ Union (ICEM) elected Jan-Henrik Sandberg, President of Sweden’s Paperworkers Union (Pappers), as chairman of the global sector.
Jan-Henrik Sandberg replaces Jouko Ahonen, former President of Paperiliitto of Finland, who will become the head officer for the Council of Finnish Industrial Unions (TP) on 1 June.Sandberg’s nomination came from a work group meeting of Geneva-based ICEM’s Pulp and Paper sector on 23 May, and the election came on 25 May by the ICEM Executive Committee.Sandberg has been President of 18,000-member Pappers since 2006. Prior to that, he worked for 17 years as a recovery boiler operator in the pulp mill of Korsnäs in Gävle, Sweden. He served as Pappers local branch chairman at Korsnäs from 2001 to 2006 and previously served as education director of the branch union.
