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2004-06-15
Under the theme “Worth struggling for”, the 300 delegates from the 16 LO national unions and their organisations at local level will decide on the organisation’s most important issues as well as structure and objectives for the next four years. Congress also includes the 125 delegates of the LO General Council and the 15 members of the LO Executive Council.
Congress is to make decisions on the Congress report “Member 2000” as well as a report on the organisation’s structure. Furthermore, Congress will discuss the proposal of the LO Executive Council for guidelines called “Trade union strategies for better conditions in the labour market”.
The importance of being a trade union member runs all through the Congress and is emphasized in the 351 motions that Congress has to discuss.
The structural changes which have taken place within the LO national unions in recent years with amalgamations and decreasing number of members have placed the organisational issues in focus and demands for a review of the LO organisation at local and regional levels are raised .
Congress is the highest decision-making body of LO. Congress is to devote particular attention to establishing guidelines for the future work of the organisation. This is the wording of the first item of the fourth paragraph of the LO Constitution. Congress is celebrated every four years in Stockholm. LO has 16 affiliated unions from which the 300 delegates are elected. The membership of the respective affiliated union is decisive of the allocation of Congress delegates.
The allocation of delegates of the 16 unions are:
The Building Workers’ Union 18
The Electricians’ Union 4
The Building Maintenance Workers’
Unions 7
The Graphic Workers’ Union 5
The Commercial Workers’ Union 26
The Hotel and Restaurant Workers’ Union 10
The Industrial Workers’ Union 13
The Municipal Workers’ Union 106
The Food Workers’ Union 8
The Metal Workers’ Union 53
The Musicians’ Union 1
The Painters’ Union 3
The Paper Workers’ Union 4
The Wood and Forest Workers’ Union 9
The Communications Employees’ Union 21
The Transport Workers’ Union 10
The LO Executive Council is elected by Congress and it is responsible for the running activities and standpoints during the Congress periods. The Executive Council has 15 members.
LO 25th Statutory Congress
Under the theme “Worth struggling for”, the 300 delegates from the 16 LO national unions and their organisations at local level will decide on the organisation’s most important issues as well as structure and objectives for the next four years. Congress also includes the 125 delegates of the LO General Council and the 15 members of the LO Executive Council.
Congress is to make decisions on the Congress report “Member 2000” as well as a report on the organisation’s structure. Furthermore, Congress will discuss the proposal of the LO Executive Council for guidelines called “Trade union strategies for better conditions in the labour market”.
The importance of being a trade union member runs all through the Congress and is emphasized in the 351 motions that Congress has to discuss.
The structural changes which have taken place within the LO national unions in recent years with amalgamations and decreasing number of members have placed the organisational issues in focus and demands for a review of the LO organisation at local and regional levels are raised .
Congress is the highest decision-making body of LO. Congress is to devote particular attention to establishing guidelines for the future work of the organisation. This is the wording of the first item of the fourth paragraph of the LO Constitution. Congress is celebrated every four years in Stockholm. LO has 16 affiliated unions from which the 300 delegates are elected. The membership of the respective affiliated union is decisive of the allocation of Congress delegates.
The allocation of delegates of the 16 unions are:
The Building Workers’ Union 18
The Electricians’ Union 4
The Building Maintenance Workers’
Unions 7
The Graphic Workers’ Union 5
The Commercial Workers’ Union 26
The Hotel and Restaurant Workers’ Union 10
The Industrial Workers’ Union 13
The Municipal Workers’ Union 106
The Food Workers’ Union 8
The Metal Workers’ Union 53
The Musicians’ Union 1
The Painters’ Union 3
The Paper Workers’ Union 4
The Wood and Forest Workers’ Union 9
The Communications Employees’ Union 21
The Transport Workers’ Union 10
The LO Executive Council is elected by Congress and it is responsible for the running activities and standpoints during the Congress periods. The Executive Council has 15 members.
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