The Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees (, TCO, literary White-collar workers' Central Organisation) is a national trade union centre, the umbrella organisation for 12 trade unions in Sweden that organise professional and other qualified employees in both the private and the public sectors. The affiliated trade unions represent about 1.2 million employees. In 2018, the TCO affiliated unions made up 37% of all active trade union members in Sweden (up from 17% in 1950), making the confederation the second largest of Sweden's three major confederations. The largest TCO affiliate is Unionen with 551,000 active members in 2018. TCO is independent and not affiliated to any political party in Sweden. TCO is an affiliate of the European Trade Union Confederation and Eurocadres.

History

TCO is the product of two confederations that merged in 1944. The older organisation was the Confederation of Employees ( or DACO) founded in 1931 by seven private sector white collar unions representing 20,000 workers.

See also

  • Swedish Federation of Salaried Employees in Industry and Services (PTK)
  • Swedish Public Employees' Negotiation Council (OFR)
  • Swedish Confederation of Professional Associations (SACO)
  • Swedish Trade Union Confederation (LO)

Footnotes

  • TCO product labeling.
  • TCO's Eva Nordmark:Unions must be relevant to our time