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From my experience, it's not very common in tech companies in Sweden. They often lack collective agreements and in the last company I worked at I never heard an

by Kiro 4y ago

From my experience, it's not very common in tech companies in Sweden. They often lack collective agreements and in the last company I worked at I never heard anyone talk about it or say they were a member.

drakonka 4y ago
The only companies I've worked for in Sweden have been tech companies, and union membership was very common. At EA we had a collective agreement, along with some other larger games companies here iirc. Many people are members but don't mention it unless it gets specifically brought up since it's such a non-event. Edit: Was curious to find some numbers about this. I don't read Swedish fluently yet so having to use Google Translate, but one report I found from 2020 says that "Information and communication" (which I suspect IT/software engineering might fall into) has 69% membership [0]. It seems to say white collar workers actually have a higher membership rate than others at >70% overall; will look some more and add any other numbers I can find. [0] - (page 13) https://www.lo.se/home/lo/res.nsf/vRes/lo_fakta_1366027478784_facklig_anslutning_2020_pdf/$File/Facklig_anslutning_2020.pdf https://www.lo.se/home/lo/res.nsf/vRes/lo_fakta_136602747878...
- Kiro 4y ago
  EA seems to be an exception, as confirmed by this article: https://kollega.se/avtal/fa-kollektivavtal-i-dataspelsbranschen https://kollega.se/avtal/fa-kollektivavtal-i-dataspelsbransc... The gaming industry is notorious for not having collective agreements (as per the article, only 1% of the companies has it). So I'm not sure your experience is representative.
  - drakonka 4y ago
    Having a collective agreement is not a prerequisite for being a union member. It is common to be part of a union even if the company does not have a collective agreement (such as the games company I worked for after EA; no collective agreement, but still plenty of union members).

by Kiro 4y ago

drakonka 4y ago

The only companies I've worked for in Sweden have been tech companies, and union membership was very common. At EA we had a collective agreement, along with some other larger games companies here iirc. Many people are members but don't mention it unless it gets specifically brought up since it's such a non-event. Edit: Was curious to find some numbers about this. I don't read Swedish fluently yet so having to use Google Translate, but one report I found from 2020 says that "Information and communication" (which I suspect IT/software engineering might fall into) has 69% membership [0]. It seems to say white collar workers actually have a higher membership rate than others at >70% overall; will look some more and add any other numbers I can find. [0] - (page 13) https://www.lo.se/home/lo/res.nsf/vRes/lo_fakta_1366027478784_facklig_anslutning_2020_pdf/$File/Facklig_anslutning_2020.pdf https://www.lo.se/home/lo/res.nsf/vRes/lo_fakta_136602747878...

Kiro 4y ago
EA seems to be an exception, as confirmed by this article: https://kollega.se/avtal/fa-kollektivavtal-i-dataspelsbranschen https://kollega.se/avtal/fa-kollektivavtal-i-dataspelsbransc... The gaming industry is notorious for not having collective agreements (as per the article, only 1% of the companies has it). So I'm not sure your experience is representative.
- drakonka 4y ago
  Having a collective agreement is not a prerequisite for being a union member. It is common to be part of a union even if the company does not have a collective agreement (such as the games company I worked for after EA; no collective agreement, but still plenty of union members).