The Swedish Food Workers' Union (, Livs) is a

trade union A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages ...

representing workers in the food and drink industries in

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. The union was founded on 1 January 1922, when the Swedish Bakery and Confectionery Workers' Union merged with the Swedish Butchers' Union. Like both its predecessors, it affiliated to the

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. On foundation, it had 9,372 members, which had grown 38,053 by 1959. The Swedish Tobacco Industry Workers' Union joined in 1964, followed by the Swedish Brewery Industry Workers' Union in 1965, and the dairy workers' section of the Swedish Commercial Employees' Union in 1968. Its membership peaked at 53,131 in 1985, but had dropped to 22,877 by 2019. The Union launched a campaign called "Scandal" in December 2013 to highlight working conditions at Scan, Sweden's largest meat company. The campaign was successful and the Union signed an agreement with Scan.

Presidents

:1922: J. O. Ödlund :1923: John Rosenberg :1927: Hilding Molander :1948: Oscar Persson :1956: Anton Johansson :1966: Stig Ögersten :1969: Åke Berggren :1979: Lage Andréasson :1991: Kjell Varenblad :1996: Åke Södergren :2005: Hans-Olof Nilsson :2017: Eva Guovelin

References

Swedish Trade Union Confederation International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations Food processing trade unions Trade unions in Sweden 1922 establishments in Sweden Trade unions established in 1922 {{Sweden-org-stub