Swedish Transport Workers' Union
- Swedish Transport Workers' Union
Infobox Union
name= Transport
country= Sweden
affiliation= LO, ITF, UNI
members= 72,000
full_name= Swedish Transport Worker's Union
native_name= Svenska Transportarbetareförbundet
founded= 1897
current=
head=
dissolved_date=
dissolved_state=
merged_into=
office= Stockholm, Sweden
people= Per Winberg
website= [http://www.transport.se/ www.transport.se]
footnotes=
The Swedish Transport Worker's Union (abbreviated to Transport) was created in 1897 and is today part of the Swedish Trade Union Confederation (referred to as LO in Sweden). The union has today (as of 2005) 72 000 members who work in many different fields, such as:
* Surveillance and security (Security Guards, Airport security personnel, Parking attendants)
* Dockyard workers
* Newspaper delivery
* Advertisement distributors
* Automobile towing
* Tire shops
* Gas stations
* Airport personnel (Loaders, mechanics)
The union's motto is: The collective agreement defends you if you defend the collective agreement! ("Kollektivavtalet försvarar dig om du försvarar kollektivavtalet!")
There are 30 local chapters around Sweden that assists members. The union leader is Per Winberg.
The headquarters are located on Olof Palmes street 29, right across from theso called LO-castle around Norra Bantorget in Stockholm.
The union also support an active international union cooperation and is a member of several international labor organizations:
* Nordic Transport Workers Federation (NTF)
* European Transport Workders Federation (ETF)
* Union Network International (UNI)
* International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF)
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