Unionen

Unionen
Founded1 January 2008 (2008-01-01)
HeadquartersOlof Palmes gata 17, Stockholm
LocationSweden
Members649,139 (2017)
AffiliationsSwedish Confederation of Professional Employees (TCO)
Websitewww.unionen.se

Unionen is a Swedish white-collar professionals trade union. It represents employees such as managers, engineers and economists in sectors including media, technology, commerce, energy, industry and construction. Unionen is the biggest trade union in the country and the biggest white-collar union in the world. As of 2017 it had 403,623 members on formation.

The union was formed on 1 January 2008, when the Swedish Union of Commercial Salaried Employees merged with the Swedish Union of Clerical and Technical Employees in Industry. Like both its predecessors, it affiliated to the Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees. In 2014, it was joined by the Pharmacy Union, and in 2019 by the Association of Forestal, and Agricultural Employees.

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References

  1. ↑ "Verksamhetsberättelse med årsredovisning 2017" (PDF). Unionen.se. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-03-11. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
  2. ↑ "The TCO Unions". TCO. Retrieved 2011-12-04.
  3. ↑ Kjellberg, Anders (2017). The Membership Development of Swedish Trade Unions and Union Confederations Since the End of the Nineteenth Century. Lund University. pp. 151–153. ISBN 9172673109.
  4. ↑ Kjellberg, Anders (2008) Ett nytt fackligt landskap bland tjänstemännen: Unionen och Sveriges Ingenjörer Tam-Revy no 1 2008, pp. 4-21
  5. ↑ "SLF och Unionen går samman". kollega.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-11-24.