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Swedish Trade Union Confederation

Index Swedish Trade Union Confederation

The Swedish Trade Union Confederation (Landsorganisationen i Sverige, literally "National Organisation in Sweden"), commonly referred to as LO, is a national trade union centre, an umbrella organisation for fourteen Swedish trade unions that organise mainly "blue-collar" workers. [1]

49 relations: Aftonbladet, Albert Forslund, Arne Geijer, Arvid Thorberg, August Lindberg, Axel Strand, Blue-collar worker, Central Organisation of the Workers of Sweden, Danish Confederation of Trade Unions, Denmark, Edvard Johanson, European Trade Union Confederation, Ferdinand Boberg, Fredrik Sterky, GS (Swedish union), Gunnar Nilsson (trade unionist), Herman Lindqvist (politician), IF Metall, International Trade Union Confederation, Karl-Petter Thorwaldsson, National trade union center, Norra Bantorget, Norway, Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions, Public sector, Rehn–Meidner model, Schibsted, Stockholm, Sweden, Swedish Building Maintenance Workers' Union, Swedish Building Workers' Union, Swedish Commercial Employees' Union, Swedish Confederation of Professional Associations, Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees, Swedish Electricians' Union, Swedish Food Workers' Union, Swedish Hotel and Restaurant Workers' Union, Swedish Industrial Union, Swedish Metalworkers' Union, Swedish Municipal Workers' Union, Swedish Musicians' Union, Swedish Painters' Union, Swedish Paper Workers' Union, Swedish Social Democratic Party, Swedish Transport Workers' Union, Swedish Union for Service and Communications Employees, Trade union, Umbrella organization, Wanja Lundby-Wedin.

Aftonbladet

Aftonbladet is a Swedish evening newspaper published in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Albert Forslund

Albert Forslund (born 1881, Ovansjö, d. 1954) was a Swedish Social Democratic politician and trade union organizer.

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Arne Geijer

Arne Geijer (born 7 May 1910, in Söderala, Söderhamn Municipality, Hälsingland, died 27 January 1979 in Bromma, Stockholm) was a Swedish trade union organizer.

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Arvid Thorberg

Arvid Thorberg (born 1877, Kärrbo, d. 1930) was a Swedish trade union organizer.

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August Lindberg

August Lindberg (6 September 1885, Älvkarleby, Uppsala County – 15 July 1966, Stockholm) was a Swedish trade union organizer.

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Axel Strand

Axel Strand (13 November 1893 in Burlöv – 13 September 1983 in Stockholm) was a Swedish trade union organizer.

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Blue-collar worker

In the United States and (at least some) other English-speaking countries, a blue-collar worker is a working class person who performs manual labor.

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Central Organisation of the Workers of Sweden

Central Organisation of the Workers of Sweden (in Swedish: Sveriges Arbetares Centralorganisation, SAC - Syndikalisterna) is a syndicalist trade union federation in Sweden.

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Danish Confederation of Trade Unions

LO, The Danish Confederation of Trade Unions (Danish: LO, Landsorganisationen i Danmark or simply LO) was founded in 1898 and is an umbrella organisation (the largest of the three national trade union centers in Denmark) for 18 Danish trade unions.

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Denmark

Denmark (Danmark), officially the Kingdom of Denmark,Kongeriget Danmark,.

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Edvard Johanson

Karl Edvard Johanson (1882 in Förlösa – 1936) was a Swedish trade union organizer.

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European Trade Union Confederation

The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) is the major trade union organisation representing workers at European level.

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Ferdinand Boberg

Gustaf Ferdinand Boberg (11 April 1860 - 7 May 1946) was a Swedish architect.

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Fredrik Sterky

Fredrik Sterky (1860–1900) was an early Social Democrat and trade union organizer in Sweden.

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GS (Swedish union)

GS is a trade union in Sweden established June 1, 2009 through the merging of Swedish Forest and Wood Workers' Union and Swedish Graphic Workers' Union.

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Gunnar Nilsson (trade unionist)

Gunnar Erling Nilsson (1922–1997) was a Swedish trade union organiser.

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Herman Lindqvist (politician)

Herman Lindqvist (born 1863, Arboga, d. 1932) was a Swedish Social Democratic politician and trade union organizer.

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IF Metall

IF Metall is a trade union in Sweden.

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International Trade Union Confederation

The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC; Confédération syndicale internationale (CSI); Internationaler Gewerkschaftsbund (IGB); Confederación Sindical Internacional (CSI)) is the world's largest trade union federation.

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Karl-Petter Thorwaldsson

Karl-Petter "Kålle" Thorwaldsson (born 26 December 1964 in Kosta, Kronoberg, Sweden) is a Swedish union leader.

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National trade union center

A national trade union center is a federation or confederation of trade unions in a single country.

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Norra Bantorget

Norra Bantorget ("Northern Railway Square") is an area in central Stockholm.

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Norway

Norway (Norwegian: (Bokmål) or (Nynorsk); Norga), officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a unitary sovereign state whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula plus the remote island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard.

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Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions

The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (Landsorganisasjonen i Norge, LO) is a national trade union center, decidedly the largest and probably the most influential umbrella organization of labour unions in Norway.

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Public sector

The public sector (also called the state sector) is the part of the economy composed of both public services and public enterprises.

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Rehn–Meidner model

The Rehn–Meidner model is an economic and wage policy model developed in 1951 by two economists at the research department of the Swedish Trade Union Confederation (LO), Gösta Rehn and Rudolf Meidner.

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Schibsted

Schibsted Media Group is an international media group that owns some of the largest newspapers in Sweden and Norway.

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Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital of Sweden and the most populous city in the Nordic countries; 952,058 people live in the municipality, approximately 1.5 million in the urban area, and 2.3 million in the metropolitan area.

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Sweden

Sweden (Sverige), officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish), is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe.

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Swedish Building Maintenance Workers' Union

The Swedish Building Maintenance Workers' Union (Fastighets) is a trade union in Sweden.

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Swedish Building Workers' Union

The Swedish Building Workers' Union (Byggnads) is a trade union in Sweden.

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Swedish Commercial Employees' Union

Handels, a shortened version of the name Handelsanställdas Förbund (Commercial Employees' Union), is Sweden's third-largest blue-collar union, with some 145,000 members, of whom around 25,000 are retired.

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Swedish Confederation of Professional Associations

The Swedish Confederation of Professional Associations (Sveriges Akademikers Centralorganisation, SACO) is a confederation of 26 independent professional associations in Sweden.

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Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees

The Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees (Tjänstemännens Centralorganisation, TCO) is a national trade union centre, the umbrella organisation for eighteen trade unions in Sweden that organise professional and other qualified employees within both the private and the public sectors.

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Swedish Electricians' Union

The Swedish Electricians' Union (Svenska Elektrikerförbundet: SEF) is a trade union in Sweden.

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Swedish Food Workers' Union

The Swedish Food Workers' Union (Swedish, Livsmedelsarbetareförbundet or Livs) is a trade union in Sweden.

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Swedish Hotel and Restaurant Workers' Union

The Swedish Hotel and Restaurant Workers' Union (HRF) is a trade union in Sweden.

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Swedish Industrial Union

The Swedish Industrial Union (Industrifacket) was a general trade union in Sweden.

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Swedish Metalworkers' Union

The Swedish Metalworkers' Union (Industrifacket Metall) was a trade union in Sweden.

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Swedish Municipal Workers' Union

The Swedish Municipal Workers' Union (Svenska Kommunalarbetareförbundet), is the largest trade union in Sweden with 570 000 members as of 2005, it was created 1910.

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Swedish Musicians' Union

The Swedish Musicians Union (Musikerförbundet) is a trade union in Sweden.

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Swedish Painters' Union

The Swedish Painters' Union is a trade union in Sweden.

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Swedish Paper Workers' Union

The Swedish Paper Workers' Union (Pappers) is a trade union in Sweden.

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Swedish Social Democratic Party

The Swedish Social Democratic Party (Sveriges socialdemokratiska arbetareparti, SAP; literally, "Social Democratic Workers' Party of Sweden"), contesting elections as the Arbetarepartiet–Socialdemokraterna ('The Workers' Party – The Social Democrats'), usually referred to just as the 'Social Democrats' (Socialdemokraterna); is the oldest and largest political party in Sweden.

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Swedish Transport Workers' Union

The Swedish Transport Worker's Union (abbreviated to Transport) was created in 1897 on initiative by Charles Lindley (1865–1957) and is today part of the Swedish Trade Union Confederation (referred to as LO in Sweden).

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Swedish Union for Service and Communications Employees

The Swedish Union for Service and Communications Employees (Service- och Kommunikationsfacket, acronym SEKO) is a trade union in Sweden.

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Trade union

A trade union or trades union, also called a labour union (Canada) or labor union (US), is an organization of workers who have come together to achieve many common goals; such as protecting the integrity of its trade, improving safety standards, and attaining better wages, benefits (such as vacation, health care, and retirement), and working conditions through the increased bargaining power wielded by the creation of a monopoly of the workers.

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Umbrella organization

An umbrella organization is an association of (often related, industry-specific) institutions, who work together formally to coordinate activities or pool resources.

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Wanja Lundby-Wedin

Wanja Elisabeth Lundby-Wedin (born 19 October 1952 in Enskede, Södermanland, Sweden) was the President of the Swedish Trade Union Confederation (Landsorganisationen i Sverige or LO) from 2000 to 2012.

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Redirects here:

LO - Swedish Trade Union Confederation, LO, Sweden, Landsorganisationen i Sverige, National Swedish Confederation of Trade Unions, Swedish Confederation of Trade Unions.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_Trade_Union_Confederation

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