Swedish Food Workers' Union
Food Workers' Union | |
Livsmedelsarbetareförbundet | |
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| Founded | 1 January 1922 |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Location | |
| Members | 22,877 |
Key people | Eva Gouvelin, president |
| Affiliations | LO, IUF |
| Website | www.livs.se |
The Swedish Food Workers' Union (Swedish: Livsmedelsarbetareförbundet, Livs) is a trade union representing workers in the food and drink industries in Sweden.
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 Swedish Trade Union Confederation. 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.[1][2]
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.[3]
Presidents
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ Kjellberg, Anders (2017). The Membership Development of Swedish Trade Unions and Union Confederations Since the End of the Nineteenth Century. Lund University. pp. 38–40. ISBN 9172673109.
- ^ ICTUR (2005). Trade Unions of the World, 6th Edition. London, United Kingdom: John Harper Publishing. ISBN 0-9543811-5-7.
- ^ "Swedish food workers union combats invasion of temporary agency work at Scan | EFFAT". www.effat.org. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
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