Swedish Police Union
Encyclopedia
The Swedish Police Union (Polisförbundet) is a trade union
in Sweden
. It has a membership of 18,500 (including police academy students), and is affiliated with the Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees
, and EuroCOP. It also maintains contact with the Swedish branch of the International Police Association
.
Trade union
A trade union, trades union or labor union is an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labour contracts with...
in Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
. It has a membership of 18,500 (including police academy students), and is affiliated with the Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees
Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees
The Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees is a national trade union centre, the umbrella organisation for eighteen trade unions in Sweden that organise professional and other qualified employees within both the private and the public sectors...
, and EuroCOP. It also maintains contact with the Swedish branch of the International Police Association
International Police Association
The International Police Association is the largest organisation for police officers in the world.The founder Arthur Troop , a police sergeant, was born in Lincoln, in the English county of Lincolnshire....
.
External links
- Polisförbundet official site.