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{{short description|Trade union in Sweden}}

{{Infobox organization
|name         = Transport
|location_country= [[Sweden]]
|affiliation  = [[Swedish Trade Union Confederation|LO]], [[International Transport Workers' Federation|ITF]], [[Union Network International|UNI]]
|members      = 57,000
|full_name    = Swedish Transport Worker's Union
|native_name  = Svenska Transportarbetareförbundet
|native_name_lang = sv
|image        = [[Image:Transport logo.png|150px]]
|founded      = {{start date and age|1897|04}}
|dissolved    = 
|merged       = 
|headquarters = [[Stockholm]], Sweden
|key_people   = [[Tommy Wreeth (union leader)|Tommy Wreeth]]
|website      = {{URL|http://www.transport.se/}}
|footnotes    = 
}}

The '''Swedish Transport Workers' Union''' ({{langx|sv|Svenska Transportarbetareförbundet}}, Transport) is a trade union representing workers in the transport industry in Sweden.

==History==
The union was created in April 1897 in [[Stockholm]], as a split from the [[Swedish Heavy and Factory Workers' Union]].  It was organised by [[Charles Lindley]].  In 1900, it affiliated to the [[Swedish Trade Union Confederation]].

The union's membership reached 12,300 in 1907, then dropped back.  The Swedish Firemen's Union and Swedish Seamen's Union both split away in 1914, and its membership then began growing.  The Third Machinists' Union joined in 1923, and although the Swedish Automobile Drivers' Union left in 1924, it rejoined in 1927.  The Port Workers' Union split away in 1972, and the Swedish Aviation Engineers' Union left in 1974.  Despite this, membership reached an all-time high of 68,128 in 2005.  It has since declined, and in 2019 stood at 48,694.<ref name="ebbinghaus">{{cite book |last1=Ebbinghaus |first1=Bernhard |last2=Visser |first2=Jelle |title=Trade Unions in Western Europe Since 1945 |date=2000 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |location=Basingstoke |isbn=0333771125 |page=626&ndash;630}}</ref><ref name="kjellberg">{{cite book |last1=Kjellberg |first1=Anders |title=The Membership Development of Swedish Trade Unions and Union Confederations Since the End of the Nineteenth Century |date=2017 |publisher=Lund University |isbn=9172673109 |page=114&ndash;117}}</ref>

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 of the union around Sweden that assist members.  The headquarters are located on Olof Palmes street 29, right across from the so-called LO-castle around [[Norra Bantorget]] in [[Stockholm]].

==Membership==
The [[trade union|union]] has today ({{As of|2020|lc=on}}) 57 000 members who work in many different fields, such as:

* [[Surveillance]] and [[security]] ([[Security guard]]s, [[Airport security personnel]], [[Parking attendant]]s)
* [[longshoreman|Dockyard workers]]
* [[Newspaper]] delivery
* [[Advertisement]] distributors
* Automobile towing
* [[Tire shops]]
* Gas stations
* Airport personnel (Loaders, mechanics)
* Road transport

==International cooperation==
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 Workers Federation]] (ETF)
* [[Union Network International]] (UNI)
* [[International Transport Workers' Federation]] (ITF)

==Presidents==
:1897: [[Charles Lindley]]
:1937: Ragnar Helgesson
:1953: Sigurd Klinga
:1961: Helge Pettersson
:1968: Hans Ericson
:1980: Bertil Gustavsson
:1983: Johnny Grönberg
:1990s: Hans Wahlström
:2002: Per Winberg
:2009: Lars Lindgren
:2017: Tommy Wreeth

==References==
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[[Category:Swedish Trade Union Confederation]]
[[Category:UNI Global Union]]
[[Category:International Transport Workers' Federation]]
[[Category:Transport trade unions in Sweden]]
[[Category:Trade unions in Sweden]]
[[Category:1897 establishments in Sweden]]
[[Category:Trade unions established in 1897]]
[[Category:1890s establishments in Stockholm]]


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