IF Metall

IF Metall
PredecessorSwedish Industrial Union and Swedish Metalworkers' Union
Founded1 January 2006 (2006-01-01)
HeadquartersOlof Palmes gata 11, Stockholm, Sweden
LocationSweden
Members241,951
Key people
Marie Nilsson
AffiliationsLO, IndustriALL
Websitewww.ifmetall.se

Industrifacket Metall (IF Metall) is a trade union in Sweden. It was formed in a 2006 merger between the Swedish Industrial Union (Industrifacket) and the Swedish Metalworkers' Union (Metall). Its roots in Metall trace back to 1888.

IF Metall has a membership density of 80%. On formation, it had 337,712 members, but this fell steadily, to 241,951 in 2019. IF Metall represents workers in around 11,500 workplaces. 21% of its members are women, and 15% are under 30 years of age, employed in a variety of sectors, including:

IF Metall is the second-largest affiliate of the Swedish Trade Union Confederation. On 4 December 2020, PTK, Kommunal, IF Metall and the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise (SN) signed a new main agreement on changes to employment protection (severance rules, etc.) and expanded opportunities for skills development and retraining.

List of chairmen

Tesla strike

Mechanics affiliated with IF Metall initiated a strike against TM Sweden, a Tesla vehicle service subsidiary, on October 27, 2023, over the company's refusal to sign a collective agreement. The dispute ended on August 19, 2026, after 1,027 days, making it Sweden's longest strike in modern history. Concluding without Tesla signing the agreement after the company bought out the remaining striking workers.

References

  1. ↑ "IF Metall Collective Agreement Template" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-01-13. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
  2. ↑ Sima, Jonna (2017-09-11). "Mastodonthistorik om IF Metall avslutas". Arbetet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2024-01-13.
  3. ↑ "Fakta om förbundet".
  4. ↑ Kjellberg, Anders (2017). The Membership Development of Swedish Trade Unions and Union Confederations Since the End of the Nineteenth Century. Lund University. p. 86. ISBN 978-9172673106.
  5. ↑ "Snabbfakta om IF Metall".
  6. ↑ Kjellberg, Anders (2021-04-23). Den svenska modellen 2020: pandemi och nytt huvudavtal (in Swedish). Arena Idé. ISBN 978-91-985543-0-4.