The Swedish Transport Worker's Union ( sv, Svenska Transportarbetareförbundet, Transport) is a trade union representing workers in the transport industry in Sweden.

History

The union was created in April 1897 in

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, as a split from the Swedish Heavy and Factory Workers' Union. It was organised by

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. In 1900, it affiliated to the

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 ...

. The union's membership reached 12,300 in 1907, then dropped back. The Swedish Firemen's Union and Swedish Seamen's Union both split away in 1914, and its membership then began growing. The Third Machinists' Union joined in 1923, and although the Swedish Automobile Drivers' Union left in 1924, it rejoined in 1927. The Port Workers' Union split away in 1972, and the Swedish Aviation Engineers' Union left in 1974. Despite this, membership reached an all-time high of 68,128 in 2005. It has since declined, and in 2019 stood at 48,694. The union's motto is: "The collective agreement defends you if you defend the collective agreement!" (''Kollektivavtalet försvarar dig om du försvarar kollektivavtalet!''). There are 30 local chapters around Sweden that assists members. The headquarters are located on Olof Palmes street 29, right across from the so-called LO-castle around Norra Bantorget in

Membership

The

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has today () 57 000 members who work in many different fields, such as: *

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s) * Dockyard workers *

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delivery *

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distributors * Automobile towing * Tire shops * Gas stations * Airport personnel (Loaders, mechanics) * Road transport

International cooperation

The union also support an active international union cooperation and is a member of several international labor organizations: * Nordic Transport Workers Federation (NTF) * European Transport Workers Federation (ETF) *

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International Transport Workers' Federation The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) is a democratic global union federation of transport workers' trade unions, founded in 1896. In 2017 the ITF had 677 member organizations in 149 countries, representing a combined membership ...

(ITF)

Presidents

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:1937: Ragnar Helgesson :1953: Sigurd Klinga :1961: Helge Pettersson :1968: Hans Ericson :1980: Bertil Gustavsson :1983: Johnny Grönberg :1990s: Hans Wahlström :2002: Per Winberg :2009: Lars Lindgren :2017: Tommy Wreeth

References

Swedish Trade Union Confederation UNI Global Union International Transport Workers' Federation Transport trade unions in Sweden Trade unions in Sweden 1897 establishments in Sweden Trade unions established in 1897 {{Sweden-stub