SwedenArbetsmarknad och privatekonomi 3 · Labour market and personal finance
What does a trade union (fackförbund) do?
In the exam (Swedish)
Vad gör ett fackförbund?
- aIt represents the employers and negotiates for them with the employees.Det företräder arbetsgivarna och förhandlar för dem med de anställda.
- bIt represents the employees and negotiates wages and working conditions.Det företräder de anställda och förhandlar om löner och arbetsvillkor.Correct answer
- cIt pays sick pay to all employees who fall ill.Det betalar ut sjuklön till alla anställda som blir sjuka.
- dIt decides how much tax the employees must pay to the state.Det bestämmer hur mycket skatt de anställda ska betala till staten.
Why?
Trade unions are the employees' organisations. They negotiate for better wages and conditions and can support a member who has problems at the workplace.
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Our own practice questions, written from the facts in UHR’s study material “Sverige i fokus” and the subjects of the ordinance (2026:451) on the citizenship test. They are not the real test questions, which are not published, and no text from the material is reused. Each question was written, answered blind and fact-checked in separate rounds. The English translation and the explanations are ours, made with AI help; in the test the questions are asked in Swedish. We are not affiliated with the Swedish Council for Higher Education (UHR) or the Swedish Migration Agency (Migrationsverket).
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