The Swedish Union for Service and Communications Employees ( sv, Service- och Kommunikationsfacket, SEKO) is a

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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 *

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Like all its predecessors, the union affiliated to the

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. 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 The Swedish Sailors' Union ( sv, Svenska Sjöfolksförbundet, SSF) was a trade union representing sailors from Sweden. The union was established on 24 October 1932, with the merger of five unions: * Swedish American Line Supply Service Employees ...

merged in, then in 1997 the Swedish Association of Engine Drivers split away. By 2019, it had a membership of 70,818. The union is divided into nine branches: *Rail transportation *Public administration *Postal *Roads & Railways *Telecom *Correctional treatment *Energy *Defence *Maritime

Presidents

:1970: Gustaf Kolare :1973: Lars-Erik Nicklasson :1984:

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 it ...

:1995: Gunnar Erlandsson :1998: Sven-Olof Arbestål :2002: Janne Rudén :2017: Valle Karlsson :2021: Gabriella Lavecchia

References

External links

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Open UP - handicap programme in Sweden (model based on Norwegian Telenor's handicap programme)
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