| Location | Sweden |
|---|---|
| Affiliations | LO, IndustriALL |
| Num members | 241,951 |
| Founded | 1 January 2006 |
| Predecessor | Swedish Industrial Union and Swedish Metalworkers' Union |
| Key people | Marie Nilsson |
| Headquarters | Olof Palmes gata 11, Stockholm, Sweden |
| Website | www.ifmetall.se |
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.
IF Metall has a membership density of 80%.[1] On formation, it had 337,712 members, but this fell steadily, to 241,951 in 2019.[2] IF Metall represents workers in around 11,500 workplaces. 21% of its members are women, and 15% are under 30 years of age,[3] employed in a variety of sectors, including:
- mechanical engineering and the plastics industry
- the building material industry
- the mining sector
- the ironworks sector
- the textile industry, including clothing
- automobile repair shops
- disabled workers doing similar tasks within government-sponsored projects, including Samhall
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.[4]
List of chairmen
- Stefan Löfven, 2006–2012
- Anders Ferbe, 2012–2017
- Marie Nilsson, 2017–present
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.[5] The ongoing strike is the longest in Sweden in more than eighty years.[6]
References
- ^ "Fakta om förbundet"
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Snabbfakta om IF Metall"
- ^ Kjellberg, Anders (2021-04-23). Den svenska modellen 2020: pandemi och nytt huvudavtal (in Swedish). Arena Idé. ISBN 978-91-985543-0-4.
- ^ "Strejk Inledd På Tesla I Sverige" [Strike started at Tesla in Sweden] (in Swedish). SVT Nyheter. 2023-10-27. Archived November 6, 2023 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
- ^ 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 June 14, 2024 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2024-06-14.