Are you still doubting whether to cast your vote for the Works Council elections? Are you unsure who to vote for? Delta offers help.
(Photo: Marjolein van der Veldt)
Are you still doubting whether to cast your vote for the Works Council elections? Are you unsure who to vote for? Delta offers help.
The online ballot box for Works Council elections is open. On 3 and 4 October, TU Delft employees can cast their vote for one of 36 candidates across four parties: FNV, Academisch Belang, Democratisch Beleid and Young Researchers’ Impact.
The question then naturally arises: who should you vote for, which faction should you choose? To shed some more light on that, Delta published interviews with the four list leaders over the past few days. Below, they are briefly listed once more.
Rebekka van der Grift. (Photo: Bas Koppe)
Name: Rebekka van der Grift
Party: Young Researchers’ Impact
Motto: “If young researchers feel heard, they are more likely to continue working in academia.”
About the Works Council: “We are a group of people that shows leadership and wants to change things. It is about our right to shape our own academic future. Of course, we still need to learn how to work within the Council. But the other parties are willing to help us. They think it’s great to have some fresh blood among their ranks.”
Ronald Kuil. (Photo: Bas Koppe)
Name: Ronald Kuil
Party: FNV
Motto: “We want everyone at TU Delft to have a good and safe workplace and to enjoy going to work.”
About the Works Council: “We handle issues that are important for everyone. People do not realise what the Council can mean for them. It is not about individual cases, but if a group of employees are dissatisfied about something, we can signal it. The Works Council represents the voice of the staff in the discussions. So it really is important to vote.”
Winke Kloosterman. (Photo: Jos Wassink)
Name: Winke Kloosterman
Party: Academisch Belang
Motto: “Academic values. Then is about honesty, responsibility, independence, transparency and diligence..”
About the Works Council: “We are there for everyone. The turnout rate in Delft (30 %, ed.) is not that bad nationally. And the people that do vote, really vote for something. Even the people who do not vote know to approach the Works Council if something goes wrong in their department. You hear a lot of experiences from the shop floor in the Works Council and you can use them to raise issues.”
Maaike Swart. (Photo: Bas Koppe)
Name: Maaike Swarte
Party: Democratisch Beleid
Motto: “As an Works Council member, you can exert influence on issues that affect the whole university. It very much widens your view.”
About the Works Council: “When the Works Council keeps repeating the same thing, it can definitely achieve a lot. For example, we were able to fine-tune the tenure track policy and change it into the academic career track policy. There was more competition in the tenure track. Now the people themselves are looked at as individuals and they get a permanent appointment more quickly.”
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