Swedish Union for Service and Communications Employees
Swedish Union for Service and Communications Employees | |
Facket för Service och Kommunikation | |
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| Founded | 14 May 1970 |
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| Headquarters | Stockholm |
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Members | 72,156 (2018)[1] |
Key people | Gabriella Lavecchia, president |
| Affiliations | LO, PSI, UNI |
| Website | www |
The Swedish Union for Service and Communications Employees (Swedish: Service- och Kommunikationsfacket, SEKO) is a trade union in Sweden.
History
[edit]The union was founded on 14 May 1970, as the Swedish National Union of State Employees (SF). It resulted from the merger of eight unions:[2][3]
- Employees' Union of State Power Stations
- Swedish Civil Administration's Employees' Union
- Swedish Defence Forces Civilian Employees' Union
- Swedish Post Union
- Swedish Prison Employees' Union
- Swedish Railway Employees' Union
- Swedish Road Workers' Union
- Swedish Tele Union
Like all its predecessors, the union affiliated to the Swedish Trade Union Confederation. On formation, it had 145,350 members, and the number grew to 161,794 in 1986. The National Association of Civil Servants in Prisons split away in 1973.[2][3]
In 1995, the union became SEKO. The following year, the Swedish Sailors' Union merged in, then in 1997 the Swedish Association of Engine Drivers split away. By 2019, it had a membership of 70,818.[2]
The union is divided into nine branches:
- Rail transportation
- Public administration
- Postal
- Roads & Railways
- Telecom
- Correctional treatment
- Energy
- Defence
- Maritime
Presidents
[edit]- 1970: Gustaf Kolare
- 1973: Lars-Erik Nicklasson
- 1984: Curt Persson
- 1995: Gunnar Erlandsson
- 1998: Sven-Olof Arbestål
- 2002: Janne Rudén
- 2017: Valle Karlsson
- 2021: Gabriella Lavecchia
References
[edit]- ^ Kjellberg, Anders (2017). "The Membership Development of Swedish Trade Unions and Union Confederations Since the End of the Nineteenth Century" (PDF). Lund University. p. 188. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
- ^ a b c Kjellberg, Anders (2017). The Membership Development of Swedish Trade Unions and Union Confederations Since the End of the Nineteenth Century. Lund University. p. 112–114. ISBN 9172673109.
- ^ a b Ebbinghaus, Bernhard; Visser, Jelle (2000). Trade Unions in Western Europe Since 1945. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 626–630. ISBN 0333771125.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Open UP - handicap programme in Sweden (model based on Norwegian Telenor's handicap programme) official site.
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