Facklig politisk samverkan – så här hänger det ihop

Fackföreningsrörelsen startar under slutet av 1800-talet. IF Metall har sin start 1888 då skomakargesällerna bildade en förening, som så småningom blev Beklädnads, samman. Samma år bildades Svenska Jern- och Metallarbetareförbundet. Icke yrkesutbildad arbetskraft fick sitt eget förbund tre år senare, Grovarbetareförbundet, som senare skulle bli Fabriksarbetareförbundet. Fackföreningsrörelsen bildade 1889 det Socialdemokratiska Arbetarepartiet, SAP. Nu kallas SAP

Social Democrats divided

The Swedish government’s agreement on nuclear power, the spotlight on divisions within the Swedish Socialist Party. Even before allianspartierna agreed, the Swedish Social Democratic leader Mona Sahlin criticized the idea of building new nuclear power plants. – I am convinced that the future of Swedens energy policy is not called the nuclear, ”she said at

Onslaught Against Trade Unions Claimed 91 Lives

Brussels, 20 November 2008 (ITUC OnLine):  The publication of this year’s ITUC Annual Survey of Trade Union Rights Violations reveals an appalling record of union-busting, anti-union laws, intimidation and violence against workers’ representatives in 2007.  A worldwide total of 91 trade unionists were murdered for defending workers’ rights, with Colombia, where 39 lost their lives,