Labour Research (May 2018)

European news

Danish merger


Denmark’s two largest union confederations, LO and FTF, have agreed to merge. The decision, taken at separate congresses of the two bodies last month, creates a new 1.5 million-member organisation, which will come into existence on 1 January 2019. 


LO has around 1.1 million members and organises both manual and non-manual workers. FTF’s 400,000 membership mostly works in the public sector, but also includes some private sector non-manual employees.


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