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Curt Persson
Curt Persson (8 November 1938 – 23 November 2020) was a Swedish trade union leader. Persson started work in 1954 as a postman and joined the Swedish Post Union. In 1961, he became education officer for its Malmö branch, later serving as its secretary, then its chair. In 1969, he began working full-time for the Cartel of State Employees, then from 1970 as an organiser for the Swedish National Union of State Employees (SF). From 1972, he was a negotiator for the union, then chief negotiator from 1978. In 1984, he was elected as president of SF, in which role he encouraged it to recruit outside the public sector. In 1990, Persson was additionally elected as president of the Postal, Telegraph and Telephone International (PTTI), championing it working more closely with the International Graphical Federation and the International Federation of Commercial, Clerical, Professional and Technical Employees The International Federation of Commercial, Clerical, Professional and Tec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish People
Swedes ( sv, svenskar) are a North Germanic ethnic group native to the Nordic region, primarily their nation state of Sweden, who share a common ancestry, culture, history and language. They mostly inhabit Sweden and the other Nordic countries, in particular Finland where they are an officially recognized minority, with a substantial diaspora in other countries, especially the United States. Etymology The English term "Swede" has been attested in English since the late 16th century and is of Middle Dutch or Middle Low German origin. In Swedish, the term is ''svensk'', which is from the name of '' svear'' (or Swedes), the people who inhabited Svealand in eastern central Sweden, and were listed as ''Suiones'' in Tacitus' history '' Germania'' from the first century AD. The term is believed to have been derived from the Proto-Indo-European reflexive pronominal root, , as the Latin ''suus''. The word must have meant "one's own (tribesmen)". The same root and original meaning i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Post Union
The Swedish Post Union ( sv, Svenska Postförbundet, SPF) was a trade union representing postal workers in Sweden. The union was founded on 8 October 1886 at a conference in Stockholm. It was initially very small, with only 75 members by the end of 1887, but it grew steadily; although the Stockholm Association of Postmen broke away in 1890, it rejoined in 1896. The Swedish Association of Sorting Clerks split away in 1912, but rejoined in 1917, by which time the SPF had 2,915 members. In 1920, the union absorbed the Swedish Association of Rural Postmen, and in 1936, it affiliated to the Swedish Trade Union Confederation. The Swedish Association of Post Office Managers joined in 1947. By 1969, the union had a record 27,451 members. The following year, it merged with seven others, to form the 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malmö
Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal population of 350,647 in 2021. The Malmö Metropolitan Region is home to over 700,000 people, and the Øresund Region, which includes Malmö and Copenhagen, is home to 4 million people. Malmö was one of the earliest and most industrialised towns in Scandinavia, but it struggled to adapt to post-industrialism. Since the 2000 completion of the Öresund Bridge, Malmö has undergone a major transformation, producing new architectural developments, supporting new biotech and IT companies, and attracting students through Malmö University and other higher education facilities. Over time, Malmö's demographics have changed and by the turn of the 2020s almost half the municipal population had a foreign background. The city contains many histori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 1970, as the Swedish National Union of State Employees (SF). It resulted from the merger of eight unions: * 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 it grew to 161,794 in 1986. The National Association of Civil Servants in Prisons split away in 1973. 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Postal, Telegraph And Telephone International
The Postal, Telegraph and Telephone International (PTTI) was a global union federation bringing together unions of communications workers worldwide. History While a meeting of unions of communication workers was held in Paris in 1911, no lasting organisation was established until 1920, when the PTTI was founded at a meeting in Milan. Initially, the federation consisted entirely of European unions, but after World War II, it expanded worldwide, and by 1994 had four million members. By 1997, new forms of communication had grown in importance, and the federation renamed itself as the Communications International. At the end of 1999, it merged with the International Federation of Commercial, Clerical, Professional and Technical Employees, the International Graphical Federation, and the Media and Entertainment International, to form Union Network International. Affiliates In 1998, the following unions were affiliated: Leadership General Secretaries :1911: Felix Koch :1919: Ludwi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Graphical Federation
The International Graphical Federation (IGF) was a global union federation bringing together unions of printing workers around the world. History Moved to establish the federation began in 1939, when the Lithographers' International, International Typographers' Secretariat, and International Federation of Bookbinders and Kindred Trades, agreed to merge. However, due to World War II, no progress was made until 1946, when the British Printing and Kindred Trades Federation established a committee which drafted a constitution for a merged organisation. The federation was established at its first meeting, in Stockholm in 1949. It agreed to operate on a non-political basis, instead focusing on responses to technical developments in the industry, and sharing information on industrial disputes, employment and health and safety standards in each country. The federation had three boards, covering typography, lithography and bookbinding, and each agreed policies which were put to the bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Federation Of Commercial, Clerical, Professional And Technical Employees
The International Federation of Commercial, Clerical, Professional and Technical Employees (FIET; french: Fédération internationale des employés, techniciens et cadres) was a global union federation bringing together workers representing clerical workers. The union was sometimes known as the International Federation of Employees, Technicians and Managers, or informally as the International Federation of White Collar Workers' Unions. History The first attempt to create an international federation of clerical workers was the International Commercial Employees' Secretariat, founded in Hamburg in 1909, and led by Edo Fimmen. It collapsed at the start of World War I. FIET was founded in 1921, in Vienna, as its replacement. Initially representing only European unions, after World War II the federation began admitting unions from around the world. The large majority of workers represented worked in banking, insurance, or as clerical staff in commerce and social services. In 1984 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish National Pensioners' Organisation
The Swedish National Pensioners' Organisation ( sv, Pensionärernas riksorganisation, ''PRO'') is an advocacy group in Sweden representing pensioners. It's the largest pensioners' organisation in Sweden with 399,303 members as of 31 December 2006. PRO describes itself as "politically independent" but has since its founding had close ties to the Swedish Social Democratic labour movement. The current chairman is Lars Wettergren, a former Social Democratic politician. PRO was founded on 1 March 1942. PRO deliberates with the Swedish government in the government's pensioners' committee and in meetings with the Prime Minister, calls on parliament's committee, participates in state investigations, acts as a referral body and participates in the local authorities', county councils' and regions' pensioners' boards. Presidents :1942: Karl Pettersson :1951: Olof Linders :1961: Axel Svensson :1975: Artur Kajbjer :1977: Arne Geijer :1979: Lars Sandberg :1996: Lage Andréasson :2004: Lars W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akira Yamagishi
was a Japanese trade union leader who served as the first president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation from 1989 to 1994. Born in Osaka, Yamagishi began working in a telegram office, and joined the Japan Telecommunications Workers' Union. After many years active in the union, in 1982, he was elected as its president. Yamagishi decided to focus on making international and national links between unions. He affiliated the union to the Postal, Telegraph and Telephone International, and served as president of the international from 1985 to 1990. In 1989, he was a leading figure in bringing together the public- and private-sector unions in Japan, forming the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), and serving as its first president. As the most important trade union leader in Japan, Yamagishi supported the Japan Socialist Party and opposed the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. He cooperated with LDP defector Ichiro Ozawa to bring about a non-LDP and non-JCP coalition cabin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurt Van Haaren
Kurt van Haaren (19 July 1938 – 13 July 2005) was a German trade union leader. Born in Emmerich, van Haaren attended the Dortmund Social Academy, then began working for the Deutsche Bundespost, delivering mail. He joined the German Postal Union (DPG), and then in 1964 began working full-time for the union, as its Düsseldorf district secretary. In 1968, he became a financial secretary for the union in Frankfurt, and was also elected to the DPG's executive committee. From 1970, his work focused on employment law reform, and then from 1975, he was the union's lead on working conditions. In 1982, van Haaren was elected as president of the DPG, without facing an opponent. Under his leadership, the Bundespost was split up, and then privatised. He opposed the privatisation, then focused on avoiding redundancies during the process. Van Haaren was elected as the last president of the Communications International, and then served on an interim basis as the first president of it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1938 Births
Events January * January 1 ** The Constitution of Estonia#Third Constitution (de facto 1938–1940, de jure 1938–1992), new constitution of Estonia enters into force, which many consider to be the ending of the Era of Silence and the authoritarian regime. ** state-owned enterprise, State-owned railway networks are created by merger, in France (SNCF) and the Netherlands (Nederlandse Spoorwegen – NS). * January 20 – King Farouk of Egypt marries Safinaz Zulficar, who becomes Farida of Egypt, Queen Farida, in Cairo. * January 27 – The Honeymoon Bridge (Niagara Falls), Honeymoon Bridge at Niagara Falls, New York, collapses as a result of an ice jam. February * February 4 ** Adolf Hitler abolishes the War Ministry and creates the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (High Command of the Armed Forces), giving him direct control of the German military. In addition, he dismisses political and military leaders considered unsympathetic to his philosophy or policies. Gene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Deaths
This is a list of deaths of notable people, organised by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked here. 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 See also * Lists of deaths by day The following pages, corresponding to the Gregorian calendar, list the historical events, births, deaths, and holidays and observances of the specified day of the year: Footnotes See also * Leap year * List of calendars * List of non-standard ... * Deaths by year {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
