Unionen is a Swedish white-collar trade union.

Unionen
Founded1 January 2008 (2008-01-01)
HeadquartersOlof Palmes gata 17, Stockholm
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Members
649,139 (2017)[1]
AffiliationsSwedish Confederation of Professional Employees (TCO)
Websitewww.unionen.se

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.[2] Like both its predecessors, it affiliated to the Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees. Unionen is the biggest trade union in Sweden and the biggest white-collar union in the world.[3] In 2014, it was joined by the Pharmacy Union, and in 2019 by the Association of Forestal, and Agricultural Employees.[4] The union had 403,623 members on formation.[5]

Presidents

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2008: Mari-Ann Krantz
2008: Cecilia Fahlberg
2015: Martin Linder

References

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  1. ^ "Verksamhetsberättelse med årsredovisning 2017" (PDF). Unionen.se. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-03-11. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
  2. ^ Kjellberg, Anders (2008) Ett nytt fackligt landskap bland tjänstemännen: Unionen och Sveriges Ingenjörer Tam-Revy no 1 2008, pp. 4-21
  3. ^ "The TCO Unions". TCO. Retrieved 2011-12-04.
  4. ^ "SLF och Unionen går samman". kollega.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-11-24.
  5. ^ 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.
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