Elevate your career and secure your future by joining the Union for Professionals, Akademikerförbundet SSR, Sweden's premier union for social science professionals.
We work to improve working conditions, academic education, wages and opportunities for all our members.
We are dedicated to advocate for your rights in the workplace and your professional growth.
The Union for Professionals – Akademikerförbundet SSR
Akademikerförbundet SSR is Sweden’s leading union for social workers, behavioral scientists, economists, HR professionals, and other university-educated professionals. We represent over 80,000 members across both the public and private sectors.
We are a modern and forward-thinking union for professionals who value work-life balance, meaningful career development, and having a say in their workplace. We offer coaching and support throughout every stage of your career. Our work is grounded in the core values of democracy, academic integrity, and humanism.
Ready to join? Call us at 08-617 44 00 or join here.
What we offer our members
As a member in our Union, you get access to:
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Legal advice and support in employment matters
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Up-to-date salary statistics and personalized salary coaching
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Professional seminars and networking events
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Career counseling and expert feedback on your CV
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Negotiation support at your workplace
Read more about who can become a member and the value of membership here!
Professions forming our union
We organize professionals within: Social Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Economics, Public Health Science, Human Resource Management, Social Sciences and Social Work. Read more about the work we do for your profession here!
Equal opportunities
Akademikerförbundet SSR takes a clear stand on political issues that affect our members, while remaining strictly non-partisan as an organization. Our focus is on employment, working conditions, the labor market, and education. We also actively promote opportunities for professional development and support our members’ ability to carry out qualified, ethical work.
This commitment drives our advocacy efforts toward the government, parliament, and key stakeholders in society. We work to influence policies that affect our members and their professions.
Our work is guided by strong values. We champion equality in the workplace and across the labor market. We demand equal opportunities for all—regardless of gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, ethnicity, disability, or age—and believe that pay should reflect competence and qualifications.
Collective bargaining
The collective agreements and collective bargaining are fundamental to the Swedish labour market, and our most important tool in regulating working conditions and benefits for our members. They characterize almost all our work.
Our competent and experienced ombudsmen offer support and advice to members on an individual basis, as well as represent them in negotiations with employers whenever and wherever needed.
We strive to promote and further develop the professional roles of our members and to influence the quality and conditions of university education in our different disciplines. In the professional field we endeavor to improve professional performance by focusing on ethics and quality development, and by arranging major annual professional seminars and conferences.
A democratic organisation
The Congress, that meets every third year, is our highest governing body. Akademikerförbundet SSR is a member of Saco, the Swedish Confederation of Professional Associations, a politically independent confederation of 21 unions of university graduates with a total of around 1 000,000 members. We are also a member of PSI, Public Services International, and EPSU, the European Public Services Unions.
Interested? Call us at 08-617 44 00 or join here.