kommunal

Trade union in Sweden

kommunal
The Swedish Municipal Workers' Union (Swedish: Svenska Kommunalarbetareförbundet), is the largest trade union in Sweden with 570,000 members, as of 2005. It was created 1910. It is commonly referred to as Kommunal ("Municipal"). The union was founded in Stockholm on 23 January 1910, as a split from the Swedish Factory Workers' Union. Like its predecessor, it affiliated to the Swedish Trade Union Confederation. It initially had 1,218 members, but the number grew rapidly. The Swedish Tramwaymen's Union left in 1917, but rejoined the following year. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_Municipal_Workers%27_Union

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