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Marie Nilsson
Marie Nilsson (born 20 February 1964) is a Swedish trade union leader. Born in Stenungsund, in 1982, Nilsson became a technician for the chemical company Borealis. She was elected to the board of the Swedish Industrial Union in 2000. This became part of IF Metall in 2006, and Nilsson remained on the board. She was elected as vice-president of the union in 2012, for the first time becoming a full-time trade union official. She was subsequently elected to the board of the Swedish Social Democratic Party. In 2017, Nilsson was elected as president of IF Metall, the first woman to hold the post. She came to international notice in leading a dispute with Elon Musk and Tesla, Inc. over the role of unions in the Swedish economic model. In 2023, she won election as president of the IndustriALL Global Union IndustriALL Global Union is a global union federation, founded in Copenhagen on 19 June 2012. IndustriALL Global Union represents more than 50 million working people in more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stenungsund
Stenungsund () is a locality and the seat of Stenungsund Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 9,987 inhabitants in 2010. Overview Stenungsund was once only an idyllic bathing and vacation location on the Swedish west coast. A landmark is the Tjörn Bridge, a bridge to the island Tjörn. Stenungsund is also home to several industries and business, with a total of 2000 registered businesses. The annual long-distance sailing competition Tjörn Runt starts in Stenungsund. Archaeological excavations in Stenungsund in 2006 discovered a site of Iron Age burials (1st - 3rd century AD), notable for the unusual presence of Roman ceramic artifacts. Stenungsund was the host of the Tug-of-War championship in 2008. History Stenungsund holds the largest chemical cluster of its kind in Sweden, producing plastic in primary forms and basic chemicals. The name Stenungsund comes from the village stenunge that was located where central Stenungsund now exists. Historians believe t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borealis AG
DISPLAYTITLE DISPLAYTITLE Borealis GmbH is an Austrian plastics manufacturer. As the second largest producer of polyolefins in Europe, it is one of the market leaders in the petrochemicals industry. Overview Borealis is an international provider of polyolefins and base chemicals. The company has its head office in Vienna, Austria and currently employs about 6,000 people throughout over 120 countries. In 2024, Borealis generated revenue of EUR 7,85 billion and a net profit of about EUR 566 million. The company operates primarily in Europe, with manufacturing plants in Belgium, Central Europe (Austria and Germany), Finland, and Sweden. It also operates compounding units in Brazil, Italy, and the United States, and five recycling plants in Austria, Germany, Belgium and Bulgaria. Furthermore, Borealis runs its Global Innovation Headquarters, two "Innovation Centres", and customer service centres in several countries. At the beginning of 2017, the International Petroleum Investme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Industrial Union
The Swedish Industrial Union () was a trade union representing manufacturing workers in Sweden. It was formed on 23 April 1993, with the merger of the Swedish Factory Workers' Union and the Swedish Textile, Garment and Leather Workers' Union. Like both its predecessors, it affiliated to the Swedish Trade Union Confederation. On formation, the union had 88,965 members, but this fell in line with employment in the industries it covered, and by 2005, it had only 65,956 members. In January 2006, it merged with the Swedish Metalworkers' Union, to form IF Metall 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 .... Presidents :1993: Uno Ekberg :1994: Arne Lökken :1999: Leif Ohlsson References * Swedish Trade Union Confederation Trade unions in Sweden 1993 establishments in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IF Metall
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%. On formation, it had 337,712 members, but this fell steadily, to 241,951 in 2019. IF Metall represents workers in around 11,500 workplaces. 21% are women, 15% are under 30 years of age. 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 agre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Social Democratic Party
The Swedish Social Democratic Party, formally the Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party ( , S or SAP), usually referred to as The Social Democrats ( ), is a social democratic political party in Sweden. The party is member of the Progressive Alliance and the Party of European Socialists. Founded in 1889, the SAP is the country's oldest and currently largest party. From the mid-1930s to the 1980s, the Social Democratic Party won more than 40% of the vote. From 1932 to 1976, the SAP was continuously in government. From 1982 to 2022, the party was in government with the exception of the periods 1991–1994 and 2006–2014. Since 2022, the party has been out of government. It participates in elections as "The Workers' Party – The Social Democrats" ( ). The first female PM in Swedish history, Magdalena Andersson, is the current leader of the Social Democratic Party. History Founded in 1889 as a member of the Second International, a split occurred in 1917 when the left soci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tesla And Unions
Tesla, Inc., an American electric car and solar panel manufacturer, has more than 140,000 workers employed across its global operations almost none of whom are unionized. Despite allegations of high injury rates, long hours, and below-industry pay, efforts to unionize the workforce have been largely unsuccessful. Elon Musk, Tesla's CEO, has commented negatively on trade unions in relation to the company. Tesla has been involved in labor disputes in the United States, Germany, and Sweden, including an ongoing strike in Sweden. Tesla is the only major American automaker whose workforce is not represented by a union in the United States. None of the union drives in Tesla Fremont Factory and Gigafactory New York have been successful. In late , United Auto Workers announced renewed unionization efforts. In Germany, Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg's non-union status and lower wages compared to industry standards has weakened the structural power of the automotive union IG Metall. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elon Musk
Elon Reeve Musk ( ; born June 28, 1971) is a businessman. He is known for his leadership of Tesla, SpaceX, X (formerly Twitter), and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Musk has been considered the wealthiest person in the world since 2021; ''Forbes'' estimates his net worth to be . Born to a wealthy family in Pretoria, South Africa, Musk emigrated in 1989 to Canada. He received bachelor's degrees from the University of Pennsylvania in 1997 before moving to California, United States, to pursue business ventures. In 1995, Musk co-founded the software company Zip2. Following its sale in 1999, he co-founded X.com, an online payment company that later merged to form PayPal, which was acquired by eBay in 2002. That year, Musk also became an American citizen. In 2002, Musk founded the space technology company SpaceX, becoming its CEO and chief engineer; the company has since led innovations in reusable rockets and commercial spaceflight. Musk joined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tesla, Inc
Tesla, Inc. ( or ) is an American multinational automotive and clean energy company. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, it designs, manufactures and sells battery electric vehicles (BEVs), stationary battery energy storage devices from home to grid-scale storage, grid-scale, solar panels and solar shingles, and related products and services. Tesla was incorporated in July 2003 by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning as Tesla Motors. Its name is a tribute to inventor and electrical engineer Nikola Tesla. In February 2004, Elon Musk led Tesla's first funding round and became the company's chairman; in 2008, he was named chief executive officer. In 2008, the company began production of its first car model, the Tesla Roadster (first generation), Roadster sports car, followed by the Tesla Model S, Model S sedan in 2012, the Tesla Model X, Model X SUV in 2015, the Tesla Model 3, Model 3 sedan in 2017, the Tesla Model Y, Model Y crossover in 2020, the Tesla Semi truck in 2022 and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IndustriALL Global Union
IndustriALL Global Union is a global union federation, founded in Copenhagen on 19 June 2012. IndustriALL Global Union represents more than 50 million working people in more than 140 countries, working across the supply chains in mining, energy and manufacturing sectors at the global level. History The IndustriALL Global Union formed as the result of a merger between three former global union federations: * IMF, International Metalworkers' Federation * ICEM, International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions * ITGLWF, International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers' Federation European affiliates of IndustriALL Global Union are members of the IndustriAll – European Trade Union. IndustriALL is an international union confederation made up of approximately 800 unions in 140 countries. The organisation's goals are: *Defend workers' rights *Build union power *Confront global capital *Fight precarious work *Promote sustainable industrial policy A maj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jörg Hofmann (trade Unionist)
Jörg Hofmann (born 3 December 1955) is a German trade union leader. Born in Berglen, Oppelsbohm, Hofmann studied agriculture, then went to university to study economics. He found work as a researcher at the Institute for Industrial Management at the University of Hohenheim. In 1982, he moved to work for the trade union IG Metall as an expert on new technologies. In 1987, Hofmann became secretary of IG Metall's Stuttgart office, also establishing a new office in Dresden after the fall of the Berlin Wall. In 1999, he became the union's director for Baden-Württemberg, then vice-president of the union in 2013, and president in 2015. The following year, he also became president of the IndustriALL Global Union. Under his leadership, IG Metall negotiated a major collective agreement for metal and electrical workers, giving them more rights to determine their working hours. Hofmann has also sat on various government committees on the future of work, globalisation, and digitalisati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
