Industrifacket Metall (IF Metall) is a

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. 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

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sector * the

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, including

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s * disabled workers doing similar tasks within government-sponsored projects, including Samhall IF Metall is the second-largest affiliate of the

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. 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.

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, 2006–2012 * Anders Ferbe, 2012–2017 * Marie Nilsson, 2017–present

Tesla strike

Mechanics affiliated with IF Metall initiated a

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against TM Sweden, a Tesla vehicle service subsidiary, on October 27, 2023, over the company's refusal to sign a collective agreement. The ongoing strike is the longest in Sweden in more than eighty years.

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