On 25 June 2010, at the conclusion of the congress, Sharan Burrow (then ITUC President) was elected General Secretary, succeeding Guy Ryder (who had been elected as Deputy Director General of the International Labour Organisation).
She graduated in teaching with the University of NSW in 1976 and became a teacher in the early 1980s, which allowed her to become involved in the New South Wales Teachers Federation.
The ALP, minor parties and the ACTU attacked the advertising campaign, with ACTU President Sharan Burrow describing the advertisements as deceitful party-political advertising funded through taxes.
Maithili Sharan Gupt | Volkswagen Sharan | Taj Burrow | Sharan Burrow | Thomas Burrow | Sharan Patil | Sharan | Rob Burrow | J. W. Burrow | Edward John Burrow |