Union density and specialist/professional unions in Sweden

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Sammanfattning

This paper deals with the considerable membership shifts between the Swedish union confederations LO (blue-collar), TCO (white-collar) and Saco (white-collar), but above all it is about the rising share of union members in occupational/professional unions in the last few decades. This development corresponds to Saco's increased share of union members (8 per cent in 1990, 15 per cent in 2008). Also within TCO occupational/professional unions have increased their share of the members. Among white-collar unions this category of unions today contains a majority of members. Anyhow, the largest Swedish unions are vertical unions including Unionen, the largest TCO union formed by a merger between two other TCO unions. The white-collar confederation TCO has proposed a merger with the rapidly expanding Saco, but the latter has rejected all such invitations. In 1996 an important cooperation agreement was concluded between TCO and Saco paving the way for Saco's membership of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC).
Originalspråkengelska
Antal sidor34
StatusUnpublished - 2008
EvenemangInternational Workshop: European Trade Unionism in Transition? - Wissenshaftszentrum, Berlin, Tyskland
Varaktighet: 2008 sep. 92008 sep. 10

Konferens

KonferensInternational Workshop: European Trade Unionism in Transition?
Land/TerritoriumTyskland
OrtBerlin
Period2008/09/092008/09/10

Bibliografisk information

<a href=http://www.soc.lu.se/anders-kjellberg>Anders Kjellbergs hemsida</a>
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Ämnesklassifikation (UKÄ)

  • Sociologi (exklusive socialt arbete, socialpsykologi och socialantropologi)

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