IF Metall
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IF Metall | |
Founded | January, 2006 |
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Members | 450,000 |
Country | Sweden |
Affiliation | LO |
Office location | Stockholm, Sweden |
Website | www.metall.se |
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 represents 450,000 workers in a variety of sectors, including:
- mechanical engineering and the plastics industry
- the building component industry
- the mining sector
- the ironworks sector
- the textile industry, including clothing
- automobile repair shops
- the sector dealing with working assessments for the disabled (as in Adaptive technology?)
IF Metall is the second largest affiliate of the Swedish Trade Union Confederation.
[edit] External links
- IF Metall official site.