Curt Persson (8 November 1938 – 23 November 2020) was a Swedish trade union leader.

Persson started work in 1954 as a postman and joined the Swedish Post Union. In 1961, he became education officer for its Malmö branch, later serving as its secretary, then its chair. In 1969, he began working full-time for the Cartel of State Employees, then from 1970 as an organiser for the Swedish National Union of State Employees (SF). From 1972, he was a negotiator for the union, then chief negotiator from 1978. In 1984, he was elected as president of SF, in which role he encouraged it to recruit outside the public sector.[1][2][3]

In 1990, Persson was additionally elected as president of the Postal, Telegraph and Telephone International (PTTI), championing it working more closely with the International Graphical Federation and the International Federation of Commercial, Clerical, Professional and Technical Employees. He retired from SF in 1995, becoming chair of SOS Alarm, and stood down from the PTTI in 1997. In 2008, he became president of the Swedish National Pensioners' Organisation, serving until 2015.[1][2][3] He died of complications from COVID-19 in November 2020.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Säfvelin, Ylva (22 December 2020). "Minnesord: Curt Persson". Aktuellt i Politiken. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  2. ^ a b "With the passing of Curt Persson and Gary Nebeker, the global union movement lost two giants". UNI Global Union. Archived from the original on 21 January 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  3. ^ a b Björkenwall, Robert (29 November 2020). "Curt Persson – en facklig profil är borta". Demokraatti. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  4. ^ "With the passing of Curt Persson and Gary Nebeker, the global union movement lost two giants". UNI Global Union. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
Trade union offices Preceded byLars-Erik Nicklasson President of the Swedish National Union of State Employees 1984–1995 Succeeded byGunnar Erlandsson Preceded byAkira Yamagishi President of the Postal, Telegraph and Telephone International 1990–1997 Succeeded byKurt van Haaren Non-profit organization positions Preceded byLars Wettergren President of the Swedish National Pensioners' Organisation 2008–2015 Succeeded byChristina Tallberg
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