{"id":81,"date":"2026-06-19T10:30:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T10:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fnv.tudelft.nl\/?p=81"},"modified":"2026-06-19T11:57:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T11:57:21","slug":"get-to-know-your-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fnv.tudelft.nl\/?p=81&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Get to know your union!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Our continuing series&nbsp;in&nbsp;helping you connect&nbsp;with your union.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-55266743b87d5fd7af083bdb6c314d68\">Zo\u00eb&nbsp;Gromotka&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Union&nbsp;Officer<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/fnv.tudelft.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1743511537320.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-79\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fnv.tudelft.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1743511537320.jpg 400w, https:\/\/fnv.tudelft.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1743511537320-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fnv.tudelft.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1743511537320-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">My name is Zo\u00eb\u202fGromotka, and since last March, I have been a union officer at TU Delft on behalf of the FNV.\u202fI got to know TU Delft both as a student and as an employee. I completed my\u202fbachelor&#8217;s and\u202fmaster\u2019s degrees in applied mathematics\u202fhere. Subsequently, I\u202fdid\u202fa PhD program at Ghent University, where I discovered my passion for education. Since August 2022, I have been back as a lecturer at the Delft Institute of Applied Mathematics (DIAM), providing interfaculty mathematics education throughout the entire TU.\u202f<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The education budget cuts and the\u202fsubsequent\u202fstrike brought me into contact with FNV and its presence at TU. I was inspired by the dedication of the\u202fsteward-members\u202fand saw how important a visible union is at the university. Because the position of union officer had been vacant for some time, I decided to take the step and contribute personally to strengthening the union at TU.\u202f\u202f<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-030ad52760781c405ce4ff1d41e03770\">What does a union official do?\u202f&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">As a union official at the FNV, I organize actions, campaigns, and demonstrations to mobilize employees on issues such as working conditions, workload, and social security. I\u202fmaintain\u202fcontact with work-councils and union officials, gather feedback\u202ffrom the\u202fwork\u202ffloor, and\u202fdetermine\u202fthe strategy for campaigns and negotiations together with active members.\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally, I organize meetings, engage in dialogue with employees\u202fon the\u202fwork\u202ffloor, recruit new active members, and guide teams of volunteers and union officials. Setting up public campaigns and press events is also part of my duties, with the aim of making the\u202fvoice\u202fof employees visible and influential.\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">I look forward to working with members and\u202fsteward-members\u202fon a strong, visible union that stands up for the interests of all TU Delft employees.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our continuing series&nbsp;in&nbsp;helping you connect&nbsp;with your union. Zo\u00eb&nbsp;Gromotka&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Union&nbsp;Officer My name is Zo\u00eb\u202fGromotka, and since last March, I have been a union officer at TU Delft on behalf of the FNV.\u202fI got to know TU Delft both as a student and as an employee. I completed my\u202fbachelor&#8217;s and\u202fmaster\u2019s degrees in applied mathematics\u202fhere. Subsequently, I\u202fdid\u202fa PhD program [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[30],"class_list":["post-81","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsletter-en","tag-zoe-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnv.tudelft.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnv.tudelft.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnv.tudelft.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnv.tudelft.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnv.tudelft.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/fnv.tudelft.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111,"href":"https:\/\/fnv.tudelft.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions\/111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnv.tudelft.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnv.tudelft.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnv.tudelft.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}