Unionen is a Swedish white-collar

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 ( ...

. The union was formed on 1 January 2008, when the Swedish Union of Commercial Salaried Employees merged with the Swedish Union of Clerical and Technical Employees in Industry. Like both its predecessors, it affiliated to the

Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees The Confederation of Professional Employees ( sv, Tjänstemännens Centralorganisation, TCO) is a national trade union centre, the umbrella organization, umbrella organisation for 13 trade unions in Sweden that organise professional and other qual ...

. Unionen is the biggest trade union in

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and the biggest white-collar union in the world. In 2014, it was joined by the Pharmacy Union, and in 2019 by the Association of Forestal, and Agricultural Employees. The union had 403,623 members on formation, and grew to 566,331 members by 2019.

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