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Saco - a federation for Sweden’s graduate professionals
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Slide2Consolidating strength for 22 independent unions
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Slide3Saco's membership trend
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Slide4Saco's vision
Saco works to benefit Sweden’s graduate professionals. Together, we work to benefit Sweden.
Our vision is a society in which education, knowledge and expertise are rewarded, and where graduate professions are valued and respected. A society where there is no conflict between a professional career and good health and a balanced life.
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Slide5A democratic organisation
22.Forbund.Original
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700 000 union
members
22 unions
with
secretariats
Congress
Chairperson
Committee
Secretariat
Board
Student Council
Slide6Saco unions and local associations
Education and profession are what unite members of the same union.
One single union throughout your career, from your studies until retirement.
Saco unions cooperate for all graduates in the workplace through
Akademiker or Saco associations
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Slide7Saco union membership
105,000 students
524,000 employed professionals
225,000 private sector employees
280,000 public sector employees140,000 managers40 entrepreneurs54% are women and 46% are men
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Slide8Medlemsnyttan i fokus
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Union services
Inquiries
and opinion
building
Professional
issues
Slide9Inquiries and opinion building
Information gathering and well-founded, factual analysis
Starting and participating in debates, at seminars and via the media
Public consultations
Participation in inquiries, committees, and other joint bodiesSaco is politically independent
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Slide10Key social policy issues for Saco
Education and research
Salary and lifetime earnings
Future model for parties in the
labour marketThe sustainable working life of the future
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Slide11Education and research
All education must be high quality
.
The state has overall responsibility for funding compulsory and upper-secondary education
.
Quality must always be weighed against societal needs for more places on courses and programmes, and the funding per student must increase.
New tasks for higher education must be accompanied by increased resources.
There is a system for governance and resource allocation that rewards quality.Access to careers and study guidance must improve
. Graduates must be able to develop and progress throughout their working lives
.Validating the qualifications of immigrant graduates must be simple.
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Slide12Salary and lifetime earnings
Higher education must be rewarded.
Tax reform with reduced tax on work must be implemented.
Pay gaps between men and women must be eliminated.
It must be possible to have a good salary progression, even in female-dominated professions.
Shared parental leave, leave to care for sick children and part-time work.Pay must be set locally and individually.The importance of collective agreements for pensions must be recognised
.
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Slide13Future model for parties in the labour market
Swedish
labour
market conditions must be set by the parties in the
labour market.The full potential of collective agreements and opportunities for adaptation must be recognised.Membership of a Saco union must be relevant to graduates regardless of their form of employment.
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Slide14The sustainable working life of the future
Proactive measures are
prioritised
in work on the work environment for to provide a long and sustainable working life and sustainable health.
Increase opportunities for skills development and career change for graduates throughout their working lives.Conditions for a sustainable working life must be improved so that retirement age can be raised.Accessibility in working life, as both opportunity and risk, must be highlighted in collective agreements and managed in the workplace.
Central legislation must be introduced to protect personal integrity in working life.
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Slide15Tomorrow’s graduate professionals
Saco Student,
www.saco.se/student
Saco Student Fairs, www.saco.se/sacomassor Saco study choice, www.saco.se/studieval
Future prospects, www.saco.se/framtid
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Slide16Saco internationally
Many graduates study and work abroad, so Saco is active at Nordic, European and international levels.
Saco embraces international
cooperation and the opportunities offered by
globalisation.
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Slide17Did you know...?
An association for young graduates in Sweden, SYACO, laid the foundation both for Saco and for the Swedish introduction of student finance (1943).
Saco coined the term lifetime earnings and presented the first lifetime earnings report in 1963.
Saco was the first union
organisation
to develop income insurance, together with Salus Ansvar (2000)
“Education should be rewarded” and “Choose your studies well” have been recurrent messages throughout Saco’s history.The annual labour market forecast and the book Välja
yrke [Choose your Career] have been around since 1959.
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Slide18“Saco has been a central force in the development of Swedish society for over 70 years.
Graduates have a particularly important role at a time when knowledge and research are being questioned and when fundamental democratic and human rights are being sidelined.
We see a future in which graduates continue to contribute to increased equality, development and prosperity, one where Saco continues to work so that the expertise of graduates is fully respected and
utilised
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Göran Arrius, Saco Chairperson
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