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Portrait Anders Kjellberg november 2022. Photo: Emma Lord.

Anders Kjellberg

Professor Emeritus

Portrait Anders Kjellberg november 2022. Photo: Emma Lord.

Det fackliga medlemsraset i Sverige under 2007 och 2008

Author

  • Anders Kjellberg

Summary, in English

Union density still is very high in Sweden. The considerably raised fees to union unemployment funds made by the centre-right government in January 2007 have caused a fall of union density of a magnitude quite unique in modern Swedish history: from 77% in 2006 to 71% in 2008 (annual averages; full-time students working part-time excluded). In private sector union density declined from 71% in 2006 to 65% in 2008. In the same period density of employers' associations increased from 77% to 80% (the share of workers in firms affiliated to employers' associations). As a result Swedish employers now are considerably better organised than the workers. That was not the case as late as in the year 2000 when private sector union density was 75% and density of employers' organisations 74% (private sector). Blue-collar unions were exposed to the largest losses (in general fees of blue-collar unemployment funds were raised more than those of white-collar funds). In 2008 union density of white-collar workers was somewhat higher (72%) than among blue-collar workers (71%). Between 2005 and 2007 the coverage of collective agreements declined from 94% to 91% (in private sector from 90% to 87%).

Department/s

  • Sociology

Publishing year

2009

Language

Swedish

Pages

11-28

Publication/Series

Arbetsmarknad & Arbetsliv

Volume

15

Issue

2

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Arbetsmarknadsstyrelsen och Arbetslivsinstitutet

Topic

  • Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)

Keywords

  • arbetsgivarna
  • medlemsras
  • Saco
  • LO
  • organisationsgrad
  • a-kasseavgift
  • svenska modellen
  • medlemsutveckling
  • Handelsanställdas förbund
  • facklig organisationsgrad
  • arbetare
  • IF Metall
  • trade union
  • a-kassa
  • Kommunal
  • union density
  • kollektivavtal
  • medlemsavgift
  • täckningsgrad
  • Svenskt Näringsliv
  • arbetsgivarorganisation
  • fackförening
  • TCO
  • Hotell & Restaurang
  • arbetslöshetsförsäkring
  • polarisering
  • arbetslöshetskassa
  • facklig organisation
  • employers' associations
  • facklig anslutning
  • tjänstemän
  • medlemsras
  • organisationsgrad
  • fackförening
  • a-kassa
  • LO
  • TCO
  • Saco
  • medlemskap

Status

Published

Project

  • Union Density in a Global Perspective

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1400-9692