IF Metall

Industrifacket Metall is a trade union in Sweden. It was formed in a 2006 merger between the Swedish Industrial Union and the Swedish Metalworkers' Union. 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% of its members are women, and 15% are under 30 years of age, employed 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 signed a new main agreement on changes to employment protection and expanded opportunities for skills development and retraining.

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List of chairmen

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

Tesla strike

Mechanics affiliated with IF Metall initiated a strike against TM Sweden, a Tesla vehicle service subsidiary, on October 27, 2023, over the company's refusal to sign a collective agreement. The ongoing strike is the longest in Sweden in more than eighty years.