IF Metall

Trade union in Sweden

Sweden

Members

241,951

Key people

Marie NilssonAffiliationsLO, IndustriALLWebsitewww.ifmetall.se^[1]^[2]

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%.^[3] On formation, it had 337,712 members, but this fell steadily, to 241,951 in 2019.^[4] IF Metall represents workers in around 11,500 workplaces. 21% are women, 15% are under 30 years of age.^[5] 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.^[6]

List of chairmen

Stefan Löfven, 2006–2012
Anders Ferbe, 2012–2017
Marie Nilsson, 2017–present

References

^ "IF Metall Collective Agreement Template" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-01-13. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
^ Sima, Jonna (2017-09-11). "Mastodonthistorik om IF Metall avslutas". Arbetet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2024-01-13.
^ "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.