ACV Food and Services – Belgium
My name is Marina Künzi. I am 31 years old. I’m Swiss and Spanish and grew up in Geneva until I was 19.
I then moved to Brussels to study law. I continued there with a Master’s degree in economic and social law, with a 6-month Erasmus in Berlin, followed by an additional Master’s degree in public international law.
During my studies, I was involved for several years in the student movement, organizing students, defending our rights and fighting for a fairer, more social society that respects the planet.
When I finished my studies, I immediately wanted to continue my involvement in the union. That’s why I joined the CSC as a front-line legal employee.
After a few months, I became a permanent employee in the socio-cultural sector. I spent several years organizing workers in associations and NGOs to improve working conditions in this sector.
I then continued my union involvement in another central union, the CSC Alimentation et Services. I look after the cleaning sector, the food trade and also the issue of gender equality for the French-speaking part of our country. But I’m mainly concerned with Titres-services (household help). It’s a sector in which women predominate, and one that’s very close to my heart. It’s an essential profession, but one that receives too little recognition and respect. Its union organization is still young, its women workers dispersed, and there’s still a lot of work to be done to improve working conditions and raise wages.
As a member of the FITD executive committee, I’d like to put my skills to good use to help the organization achieve greater recognition for domestic workers worldwide.
