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The Swedish Building Workers' Union ( sv, Svenska Byggnadsarbetareförbundet, Byggnads) is a trade union representing workers in the construction industry in Sweden. The union was established on 1 January 1949, when the Swedish Building Wood Workers' Union merged with the labourers' section of the Swedish Factory Workers' Union, the plumbers' section of the Swedish Metalworkers' Union and the construction workers' section of the Swedish Road Workers' Union. Like all its predecessors, the union affiliated to the Swedish Trade Union Confederation. On formation, the union had 107,373 members. In 1961, it was joined by the Swedish Bricklayers' Union, and the union's membership peaked at 156,462 in 1964. In 1970, part of the Swedish Stone Workers' Union joined, followed in 1973 by the Swedish Divers' Union, and in 2000 by the Swedish Sheet Metal Workers' Union The Swedish Sheet Metal Workers' Union ( sv, Svenska Bleck- och Plåtslagareförbundet, SBOP) was a trade union represen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, Finland to the east, and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a bridgetunnel across the Öresund. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic country, the third-largest country in the European Union, and the fifth-largest country in Europe. The capital and largest city is Stockholm. Sweden has a total population of 10.5 million, and a low population density of , with around 87% of Swedes residing in urban areas in the central and southern half of the country. Sweden has a nature dominated by forests and a large amount of lakes, including some of the largest in Europe. Many long rivers run from the Scandes range through the landscape, primarily ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Trade Union Confederation
The Swedish Trade Union Confederation ( sv, 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. The Confederation, which gathers in total about 1.5 million employees out of Sweden's 10 million people population, was founded in 1898 by blue-collar unions on the initiative of the 1897 Scandinavian Labour Congress and the Swedish Social Democratic Party, which almost exclusively was made up by trade unions. In 2019 union density of Swedish blue-collar workers was 60%, a decline by seventeen percentage points since 2006 (blue-collar union density in 2006: 77%). A strongly contributing factor was the considerably raised fees to union unemployment funds in January 2007 made by the new centre-right government.Anders Kjellberg and Christian Lyhne Ibsen (2016"Attacks on union organizing: Reversible ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Federation Of Building And Wood Workers
The International Federation of Building and Wood Workers (IFBWW) was a global union federation of trade unions in the building, building materials, wood, forestry and allied industries. History The federation was established in 1934 by a merger of the International Federation of Building Workers and International Federation of Wood Workers. The International Secretariat of Stone Masons and the International Secretariat of Painters and Allied Trades later joined the organisation. , it had 287 member organisations in 124 countries, representing a combined membership of more than 10 million workers. The IFBWW was based in Geneva and had a network of regional offices. The organisation worked closely with the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and the other global union federations, and had Special Consultative Status at the Economic and Social Committee of the United Nations. The IFBWW held a congress every four years, consisting of delegates from the member organisa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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The Swedish Building Workers' Union ( sv, Svenska Byggnadsarbetareförbundet, Byggnads) is a trade union representing workers in the construction industry in Sweden. The union was established on 1 January 1949, when the Swedish Building Wood Workers' Union merged with the labourers' section of the Swedish Factory Workers' Union, the plumbers' section of the Swedish Metalworkers' Union and the construction workers' section of the Swedish Road Workers' Union. Like all its predecessors, the union affiliated to the Swedish Trade Union Confederation. On formation, the union had 107,373 members. In 1961, it was joined by the Swedish Bricklayers' Union, and the union's membership peaked at 156,462 in 1964. In 1970, part of the Swedish Stone Workers' Union joined, followed in 1973 by the Swedish Divers' Union, and in 2000 by the Swedish Sheet Metal Workers' Union The Swedish Sheet Metal Workers' Union ( sv, Svenska Bleck- och Plåtslagareförbundet, SBOP) was a trade union represen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people live in the Stockholm Municipality, municipality, with 1.6 million in the Stockholm urban area, urban area, and 2.4 million in the Metropolitan Stockholm, metropolitan area. The city stretches across fourteen islands where Mälaren, Lake Mälaren flows into the Baltic Sea. Outside the city to the east, and along the coast, is the island chain of the Stockholm archipelago. The area has been settled since the Stone Age, in the 6th millennium BC, and was founded as a city in 1252 by Swedish statesman Birger Jarl. It is also the county seat of Stockholm County. For several hundred years, Stockholm was the capital of Finland as well (), which then was a part of Sweden. The population of the municipality of Stockholm is expected to reach o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trade Union
A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits (such as holiday, health care, and retirement), improving working conditions, improving safety standards, establishing complaint procedures, developing rules governing status of employees (rules governing promotions, just-cause conditions for termination) and protecting the integrity of their trade through the increased bargaining power wielded by solidarity among workers. Trade unions typically fund their head office and legal team functions through regularly imposed fees called ''union dues''. The delegate staff of the trade union representation in the workforce are usually made up of workplace volunteers who are often appointed by members in democratic elections. The trade union, through an elected leadership and bargaining committee, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Building Wood Workers' Union
The Swedish Building Wood Workers' Union ( sv, Svenska Byggnadsträarbetareförbundet, Btaf) was a trade union representing carpenters in Sweden. The first union of the name was founded in 1904, as a split from the Swedish Wood Workers' Union, but it rejoined in 1916. On 1 January 1924, the Wood Workers' Union was split into the Swedish Wood Industry Workers' Union and a new Btaf. Like its predecessor, it affiliated to the Swedish Trade Union Confederation. In 1925, the small Swedish Parquet Layers' Union joined Btaf. On foundation, the union had 11,212 members, but it grew steadily, and by 1948 had 42,673 members. In 1949, it merged with parts of several other unions, to form the Swedish Building Workers' Union The Swedish Building Workers' Union ( sv, Svenska Byggnadsarbetareförbundet, Byggnads) is a trade union representing workers in the construction industry in Sweden. The union was established on 1 January 1949, when the Swedish Building Wood Wor .... Presidents : ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Factory Workers' Union
The Swedish Factory Workers' Union ( sv, Svenska Fabriksarbetareförbundet, Fabriks) was a trade union representing manufacturing workers in Sweden. The union was founded on 1 November 1891 in Lund, as the Södra District Heavy Industry Union. In 1895, it began admitting workers from across the country, moving its headquarters to Stockholm, and renamed itself as the Swedish Heavy and Factory Workers' Union. In 1899, it affiliated to the Swedish Trade Union Confederation.{{cite book , last1=Ebbinghaus , first1=Bernhard , last2=Visser , first2=Jelle , title=Trade Unions in Western Europe Since 1945 , date=2000 , publisher=Palgrave Macmillan , location=Basingstoke , isbn=0333771125 , page=626–630 Numerous other unions formed as split from Fabriks: the Swedish Transport Workers' Union in 1897, the Swedish Farm Workers' Union in 1900, the Swedish Hat Workers' Union in 1903, the Swedish Municipal Workers' Union in 1910, the Swedish Road Workers' Union in 1914, the Swedish Chimne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Metalworkers' Union
The Swedish Metalworkers' Union ( sv, Svenska Metallindustriarbetareförbundet often shortened in text and speech to simply ''Metall'') was a trade union in Sweden. History The union was founded in Stockholm on 21 May 1888, and had 555 members by the end of the year. Although the Swedish Foundry Workers' Union and the Swedish Sheet Metal Workers' Union both split away in 1893, the union grew rapidly. From 1895, it was able to support a full-time president, while in 1897 it set up an unemployment fund. The union affiliated to the Swedish Trade Union Confederation in 1904, and although the Swedish Electricians' Union split away in 1906, by 1908, it had 33,826 members. Membership continued to grow steadily, with the foundry workers rejoining in 1962, and in 1975 it reached an all-time peak of 409,412. Since then, it gradually declined, despite the affiliation of the Swedish Miners' Union in 1994, and by 2005 it stood at 276,068. In January 2006, it merged with the Swedish Indus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Road Workers' Union
The Swedish Road Workers' Union ( sv, Svenska Vägarbetareförbundet, SVaf) was a trade union representing road and railway maintenance workers in Sweden. The union was founded in 1914, as the Swedish Road Construction Workers' Union, a split from the Swedish Factory Workers' Union. It immediately affiliated to the Swedish Confederation of Trade Unions, and secured its first collective agreement in 1924. It was originally based in Krylbo, but moved its headquarters to Stockholm in 1939. Membership peaked that year, at 27,169, then slowly declined. In 1949, it members involved in construction were transferred to the new Swedish Building Workers' Union. By 1969, the union had 15,776 members, of whom only 11 were women. The following year, it merged into the new Swedish National Union of State Employees The Swedish Union for Service and Communications Employees ( sv, Service- och Kommunikationsfacket, SEKO) is a trade union in Sweden. History The union was founded on 14 May ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Bricklayers' Union
The Swedish Bricklayers' Union ( sv, Svenska Murareförbundet, Murare) was a trade union representing bricklayers in Sweden. The union was founded on 14 December 1890, at a conference in Lund, and then refounded in 1892 in Malmö. It joined the Swedish Trade Union Confederation in 1899. The union initially had 629 members, but grew steadily, reaching 4,468 by 1908, and 14,140 in 1960. In 1961, it merged into the Swedish Building Workers' Union The Swedish Building Workers' Union ( sv, Svenska Byggnadsarbetareförbundet, Byggnads) is a trade union representing workers in the construction industry in Sweden. The union was established on 1 January 1949, when the Swedish Building Wood Wor ....{{cite book , last1=Ebbinghaus , first1=Bernhard , last2=Visser , first2=Jelle , title=Trade Unions in Western Europe Since 1945 , date=2000 , publisher=Palgrave Macmillan , location=Basingstoke , isbn=0333771125 , page=626–630 Presidents :1894: Nils Persson :1922: Victor Björkman : ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Stone Workers' Union
The Swedish Stone Workers' Union ( sv, Svenska Stenindustriarbetareförbundet, Sten) was a trade union representing stonemasons and related workers in Sweden. The union was founded in 1897, as the Swedish branch of the Scandinavian Stonemasons' Union. In 1898, it became independent, and established headquarters in Lysekil. It affiliated to the Swedish Trade Union Confederation and grew rapidly, having 5,870 members by 1908. It reached a peak membership of 11,516 in 1930, and then steadily declined. By 1969, it had only 2,939 members. The following year, it was dissolved, with the majority of members transferring to the Swedish Factory Workers' Union, while a minority who worked in the construction industry instead joined the Swedish Building Workers' Union The Swedish Building Workers' Union ( sv, Svenska Byggnadsarbetareförbundet, Byggnads) is a trade union representing workers in the construction industry in Sweden. The union was established on 1 January 1949, when the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
