The Swedish Hotel and Restaurant Workers' Union (HRF) is a trade union in Sweden.
Swedish Hotel and Restaurant Workers' Union | |
Hotell och Restaurang Facket | |
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| Founded | 31 March 1918 |
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| Headquarters | Stockholm, Sweden |
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Members | 26,562 |
Key people | Ella Niia, president |
| Affiliations | LO, IUF |
| Website | www |
History
editThe union was founded on 31 March 1918 in Gothenburg as the Swedish Hotel and Restaurant Personnel Union, bringing together local unions from Gothenburg, Helsingborg and Stockholm. It originally had 2,498, a total which fluctuated over the next 15 years. In 1932, it affiliated to the Swedish Trade Union Confederation, and membership grew steadily, reaching a peak of 59,681 in 1999. Since then, it fell rapidly, and in 2019 membership stood at 26,562.[1][2][3]
Presidents
edit- 1950: Arne Axelsson
- 1968: Sigvard Nyström
- 1978: Hans Billström
- 1988: Seine Svensk
- 1990s: Birgitta Kihlberg
- 2005: Ella Niia
- 2014: Therese Guovelin
- 2016: Malin Ackholt
References
edit- ^ Kjellberg, Anders (2017). The Membership Development of Swedish Trade Unions and Union Confederations Since the End of the Nineteenth Century. Lund University. pp. 109–111. ISBN 9172673109.
- ^ ICTUR (2005). Trade Unions of the World, 6th Edition. London, United Kingdom: John Harper Publishing. ISBN 0-9543811-5-7.
- ^ Ebbinghaus, Bernhard; Visser, Jelle (2000). Trade Unions in Western Europe Since 1945. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 626–630. ISBN 0333771125.
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