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IF Metall

Predecessor	Swedish Industrial Union and Swedish Metalworkers' Union
Founded	1 January 2006 (2006-01-01)
Headquarters	Olof Palmes gata 11, Stockholm, Sweden
Location	Sweden
Members	241,951
Key people	Marie Nilsson
Affiliations	LO, IndustriALL
Website	www.ifmetall.se

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 agreement on changes to employment protection (severance rules, etc.) and expanded opportunities for skills development and retraining.

List of chairmen

• Stefan Löfven, 2006–2012
• Anders Ferbe, 2012–2017
• Marie Nilsson, 2017–present

References

1. "IF Metall Collective Agreement Template" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-01-13. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
2. Sima, Jonna (2017-09-11). "Mastodonthistorik om IF Metall avslutas". Arbetet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2024-01-13.
3. "Fakta om förbundet".
4. Kjellberg, Anders (2017). The Membership Development of Swedish Trade Unions and Union Confederations Since the End of the Nineteenth Century. Lund University. p. 86. ISBN 978-9172673106.
5. "Snabbfakta om IF Metall".
6. Kjellberg, Anders (2021-04-23). Den svenska modellen 2020: pandemi och nytt huvudavtal (in Swedish). Arena Idé. ISBN 978-91-985543-0-4.

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