The Swedish Teachers' Union' () is the largest teachers'
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 ...
in
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...
. It has a membership of 234,000 and is affiliated with the
Swedish Confederation of Professional Associations
The Swedish Confederation of Professional Associations (, Saco) is a confederation of 21 independent professional association
A professional association (also called a professional body, professional organization, or professional society) is a g ...
after voting in 2021 to depart from the
Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees
The Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees (, TCO, literary ''White-collar workers' Central Organisation'') is a national trade union centre, the umbrella organisation for 12 trade unions in Sweden that organise professional and other qua ...
.
It is also affiliated with
Education International
Education International (EI) is a global union federation (GUF) of teachers' trade unions consisting of 383 member organizations in 178 countries and territories that represents over 32 million education teachers and education support personnel fr ...
.
References
External links
Lärarförbundetofficial site.
Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees
Education International
Education trade unions
Trade unions in Sweden
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