MedborgarskapskursenGlossary · Chapter 8: The labour market and personal finances
facklig organisation
Swedish word. In English: trade union organisation
An organisation that represents employees, for example a trade union.
Facts about the word
- Trade union organisations represent the employees, just as the employers' organisations represent the employers. Sverige i fokus s. 28
- The largest union confederations are LO, TCO and SACO, and each of them contains many different trade unions. Sverige i fokus s. 28
- It is the employees at the workplaces who can be members of the trade unions. Sverige i fokus s. 28
Page references are to UHR's study material Sverige i fokus.
Try the word in a sentence
Only one of the sentences uses the word correctly. Which one?
Trade union organisations represent the employees, not the employers. The word has nothing to do with pigeonholes for paper.
The word belongs to Chapter 8: The labour market and personal finances in Sverige i fokus, with the full context and practice questions.