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TCO's Eva Nordmark: unions must be relevant to our time

"The union's role is to be relevant in today's working life, which is considerably different from the time when my parents started working. Yet the basic values remain the same. As always the union is about the dream of freedom, development and having the chance to live a good life," says Eva Nordmark, newly elected chairperson for TCO.
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Eva Nordmark

Age: 40

Family: Married with two children, a son (15) and a daughter (13)

Lives: In Nacka near Stockholm

Career: Eva Nordmark was born in Luleå in northern Sweden and started working at her home town's branch of the Swedish Social Insurance Agency in 1990. Between 1995 and 1998 she represented the Social Democratic Party in the Swedish parliament before becoming operations manager at the trade union SKTF's regional centre in Luleå. In 2004 she was elected SKTF chairperson. The union represents 160,000 municipal professional employees. 

Education: Eva Nordmark studied political science at the Luleå University of Technology.

Facts about TCO

The Swedish Confederation for Professional Employees, TCO, was formed in 1944. TCO is now one of the world's largest organisations for professional employees representing 15 unions with 1.2 million members.

The member unions represent occupational groups like teachers, nursers, journalists, police and economist. 60 percent are women and members work in municipalities, county councils, state authorities, banks and insurance companies. They are divided approximately half and half between the public and private sectors.

TCO's main decision making body is the Congress which meets every four years. Eva Nordmark was elected TCO chairperson in May this year and became the confederation's eighth chairperson.

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