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Encyclopedia > Danish Confederation of Professional Associations
AC
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Danish Confederation of Professional Associations
(Akademikernes Centralorganisation)
Founded 1972
Cur. affiliation date
Date dissolved
Members 255,000 (2005)
Country Denmark
Head union
Affiliation ICFTU, ETUC, TUAC, NFS
Key people Sine Sunesen, president
Office location Copenhagen, Denmark
Website www.ac.dk

The Danish Confederation of Professional Associations (Danish: Akademikernes Centralorganisation or AC) is an umbrella organisation for Danish trade unions, founded in 1972. 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1972 calendar). ... Claiming 157 million members in 225 affiliated organisations in 148 countries and territories, the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) came into being on December 7, 1949 following a split within the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU). ... The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) was established in 1973 to provide a trade union counterbalance to the economic forces of European integration. ... The Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD (TUAC) is a trade union advisory committe with consultative status with the OECD, as well as providing input to G-8 economic summits. ... Copenhagen ( (help· info) IPA: ) is the capital of Denmark, and the name of the municipality (Danish, kommune) in which it resides. ... An umbrella organization is an association of (often related, industry specific) institutions, who work together formally to coordinate activities or pool resources. ... A union (labor union in American English; trade union, sometimes trades union, in British English; either labour union or trade union in Canadian English) is a legal entity consisting of employees or workers having a common interest, such as all the assembly workers for one employer, or all the workers... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1972 calendar). ...


The AC works with the two other Danish trade union centres, the Danish Confederation of Trade Unions (LO) and the Salaried Employees' and Civil Servants' Confederation (FTF). The Danish Confederation of Trade Unions (Danish: Landsorganisationen i Danmark or LO) is an umbrella organisation for Danish trade unions, founded January 3, 1898. ...


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