Swedish_Miners'_Union

Swedish Miners' Union

Swedish Miners' Union

Trade union in Sweden

The Swedish Miners' Union (Swedish: Svenska Gruvindustriarbetareförbundet, Gruv) was a trade union representing workers in the mining industry in Sweden.

The union was founded at a meeting in Grängesberg on 12 October 1895. It initially had 600 members, but grew steadily. It affiliated to the Swedish Trade Union Confederation in 1900, and had 4,504 members by 1908. Membership declined rapidly following that year's general strike, but was gradually rebuilt, and reached an all-time peak of 13,337 in 1958. In the winter of 1969/1970, there was a major unofficial strike in the industry, which prompted a brief rebound in membership, but the overall trend was downwards, along with employment in the industry. By 1993, the union had only 5,600 members. Tthe following year, it merged into the Swedish Metalworkers' Union.[1][2]

Presidents

1895: Karl-Erik Berg
Edward Mattsson
Vilhelm Isaksson
1960s: Nils Lindell
1970: John Näslund
1979: Anders Stendalen

References

  1. [1]
    Kjellberg, Anders (2017). The Membership Development of Swedish Trade Unions and Union Confederations Since the End of the Nineteenth Century. Lund University. p. 34–37. ISBN 9172673109.
  2. [2]
    Ebbinghaus, Bernhard; Visser, Jelle (2000). Trade Unions in Western Europe Since 1945. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 626–630. ISBN 0333771125.
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