Jenny Holdcroft

Jenny was recently elected as Assistant General Secretary of IndustriALL. Previously as Policy Director at IndustriALL she was leading the global union federation's campaigns on precarious work, living wages and sustainable industrial policy. She is a member of the steering committee of the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh and negotiated the Memorandum of Understanding between IndustriALL and global garment brands to create the ACT process to deliver living wages through industry collective agreements linked to brand purchasing practices. In 2001, she joined the International Metalworkers Federation as the Equal Rights Director. Jenny’s background is with the Australian trade union movement where she started as a shop steward.