SAC Syndikalisterna ( sv, Sveriges Arbetares Centralorganisation) is a

syndicalist Syndicalism is a revolutionary current within the left-wing of the labor movement that seeks to unionize workers according to industry and advance their demands through strikes with the eventual goal of gaining control over the means of pr ...

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federation in

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. Unlike other Swedish unions, SAC organises people from all occupations and industries in one single federation, including the

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s, and the

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.The Principles and Aims of SAC
, point 10 SAC also publishes the

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Arbetaren ''Arbetaren'' (''The Worker'') is a Swedish syndicalist newspaper. Founded in 1922, it has been published by the anarcho-syndicalist union Union commonly refers to: * Trade union, an organization of workers * Union (set theory), in mathematic ...

'' ("the Worker"), owns the

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Federativs and runs the unemployment fund Sveriges Arbetares Arbetslöshetskassa (SAAK). SAC 1maj1991-Malmö

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* {{Authority control Anarchist organizations in Sweden National trade union centers of Sweden Libertarian socialist organizations Anarcho-syndicalism Trade unions established in 1910 1910 establishments in Sweden Syndicalist trade unions Labour movement in Sweden Organizations based in Stockholm

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