IF Metall

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IF Metall
Predecessor Swedish Industrial Union and Swedish Metalworkers' Union
Founded1 January 2006 (2006-01-01)
HeadquartersOlof Palmes gata 11, Stockholm, Sweden
Location
Members241,951
Key people
 Marie Nilsson
Affiliations LO, IndustriALL
Website www.ifmetall.se
[1] [2]

Industrifacket Metall (IF Metall) is a trade union in Sweden. It was formed in a 2006 merger between the Swedish Industrial Union (Industrifacket) and the Swedish Metalworkers' Union (Metall). Its roots in Metall trace back to 1888.

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IF Metall has a membership density of 80%. [3] On formation, it had 337,712 members, but this fell steadily, to 241,951 in 2019. [4] IF Metall represents workers in around 11,500 workplaces. 21% are women, 15% are under 30 years of age. [5] in a variety of sectors, including:

IF Metall is the second-largest affiliate of the Swedish Trade Union Confederation. On 4 December 2020, PTK, Kommunal, IF Metall and the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise (SN) signed a new main agreement on changes to employment protection (severance rules, etc.) and expanded opportunities for skills development and retraining. [6]

List of chairmen

Tesla Strike

Mechanics affiliated with IF Metall, initiated a strike against TM Sweden, a Tesla vehicle service subsidiary, on October 27, 2023, over the company's refusal to sign a collective agreement. [7] The ongoing strike is the longest ever in Sweden within the past 80 years. [8]

References

  1. ↑ "IF Metall Collective Agreement Template" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-01-13. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
  2. ↑ Sima, Jonna (2017-09-11). "Mastodonthistorik om IF Metall avslutas". Arbetet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2024-01-13.
  3. ↑ "Fakta om förbundet".
  4. ↑ Kjellberg, Anders (2017). The Membership Development of Swedish Trade Unions and Union Confederations Since the End of the Nineteenth Century. Lund University. p. 86. ISBN   978-9172673106.
  5. ↑ "Snabbfakta om IF Metall".
  6. ↑ Kjellberg, Anders (2021-04-23). Den svenska modellen 2020: pandemi och nytt huvudavtal (in Swedish). Arena Idé. ISBN   978-91-985543-0-4.
  7. ↑ "Strejk Inledd På Tesla I Sverige" [Strike started at Tesla in Sweden]. SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). 2023-10-27. Archived from the original on November 6, 2023. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
  8. ↑ Kuhn, Gabriel (2024-05-08). "The Head of SAC: Tesla Faces a 'Stalemate' in Sweden as the Longest Strike in Decades Grinds On". Turning Point. Archived from the original on June 14, 2024. Retrieved 2024-06-14.


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