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The Swedish Union for Service and Communications Employees (Swedish: Service- och Kommunikationsfacket, SEKO) is a trade union in Sweden.
History
The union was founded on 14 May 1970, as the Swedish National Union of State Employees (SF). It resulted from the merger of eight unions:
Employees' Union of State Power Stations
Swedish Civil Administration's Employees' Union
Swedish Defence Forces Civilian Employees' Union
Swedish Post Union
Swedish Prison Employees' Union
Swedish Railway Employees' Union
Swedish Road Workers' Union
Swedish Tele Union
Like all its predecessors, the union affiliated to the Swedish Trade Union Confederation. On formation, it had 145,350 members, and the number grew to 161,794 in 1986. The National Association of Civil Servants in Prisons split away in 1973.
In 1995, the union became SEKO. The following year, the Swedish Sailors' Union merged in, then in 1997 the Swedish Association of Engine Drivers split away. By 2019, it had a membership of 70,818.
The union is divided into nine branches:
Rail transportation
Public administration
Postal
Roads & Railways
Telecom
Correctional treatment
Energy
Defence
Maritime
Presidents
1970: Gustaf Kolare
1973: Lars-Erik Nicklasson
1984: Curt Persson
1995: Gunnar Erlandsson
1998: Sven-Olof Arbestål
2002: Janne Rudén
2017: Valle Karlsson
2021: Gabriella Lavecchia
References
External links
Official website
Open UP - handicap programme in Sweden (model based on Norwegian Telenor's handicap programme) official site.