President
Mark Lauritsen
In 2017, Mark Lauritsen was elected President of the International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations (IUF). Mark serves as International Vice President and Director of the Food Processing, Packing and Manufacturing Division of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW). A third-generation packinghouse worker who began his union career as a shop steward in the Wilson Foods meatpacking plant in Cherokee, Iowa, Mark’s rank-and-file perspective guides his work to unite worker activists from across the country. He spearheads the UFCW’s work to organize new packinghouse workers, negotiate contracts, and to educate political and community allies in the effort to raise standards for all workers in the meat packing and food processing industries.
General Secretary
Sue Longley
Sue Longley was elected General Secretary of the IUF in 2017, the first woman to hold the post. Prior to her election, she served as IUF Assistant General Secretary from 2016 and from 1994 as the IUF’s International Coordinator for Agriculture and Plantations. Sue earlier worked for the IUF-affiliated Transport and General Workers Union, now Unite the Union, where she held several posts including Editor of the union’s journal, the Landworker. The IUF Rules and their commitment to “actively promote the organization of the world’s resources in food for the common good” have been one of Sue’s key priorities and have shaped how she engages with farmers, global food companies and the UN system in defense of workers’ rights and in the battle for a sustainable food system.
Regional Secretaries
Gabriel Babalola
IUF Regional Secretary:
Africa
Hidayat Greenfield
IUF Regional Secretary:
Asia/Pacific
Clifton Grant
IUF Regional Secretary:
Caribbean
Kristjan Bragason
IUF Regional Secretary:
Europe
Gerardo Iglesias
IUF Regional Secretary:
Latin America
Regional Presidents
Angie Phetlhe
IUF Regional President:
Africa
SACCAWU / South Africa
Tim Kennedy
IUF Regional President:
Asia/Pacific
UWU / Australia
Ronaldine Burgess
IUF Regional President:
Caribbean
BIU / Bermuda
Malin Ackholt
IUF Regional President:
Europe
HRF / Sweden
Norberto Latorre
IUF Regional President:
Latin America
UTHGRA / Argentina
First Principal Vice President
Norberto Latorre
UTHGRA / Argentina
Second Principal Vice President
Caterina Cinanni
UWU / Australia
Vice Presidents
Malin Akholt
HRF / Sweden
Patricia Alonso
FAUPPA / Argentina
Stuart Appelbaum
RWDSU/UFCW / USA/Canada
Mônica Bufon Augusto
CONTAG / Brazil
Bev Clarkson
Unite the Union / UK
Toshiyuki Ito
Food - Rengo / Japan
Michele Kessler
UFCW / USA/Canada
Henri Lindholm
SEL / Finland
Héctor Morcillo
FTIA / Argentina
D. Taylor
UNITE HERE! / USA/Canada
Anja Westberg
Kommunal / Sweden
Guido Zeitler
NGG / Germany