The Sveriges Arbetares Centralorganisation (SAC) or the Central Organisation of Swedish Workers is a Swedish anarcho-syndicalist union. The term Swedish can refer to: From or related to Sweden, a country in Europe (List of Sweden-related topics) The Swedish language Swedes, the inhabitants of Sweden The Finland-Swedish linguistic minority The Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, Washington The Swedish Chef character in The Muppet Show This is... Anarcho-syndicalist flag. ...

The SAC was formed in 1910 by former members of the social democratic union LO who were influenced by the revolutionary syndicalism of the French CGT. 1910 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Social democracy is a political ideology emerging in the late 19th and early 20th centuries from supporters of Marxism who believed that the transition to a socialist society could be achieved through democratic evolutionary rather than revolutionary means. ... Lo is a town in Lo-Reninge, a part of Belgium. ... This article is in need of attention. ... Syndicalism is a political and economic ideology which advocates giving control of both industry and government to labor union federations. ... Wiktionary has a definition of: French Wikipedia en français French in its formal sense and used in its capitalized form, denotes: Something from or related to France. ... CGT can be a three-letter abbreviation for: Capital gains tax Confederacion General del Trabajo de España, a Spanish trade union Confédération Générale du Travail, the French national trade union center The national trade union center of Argentina This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages...

A founding member of the anarcho-syndicalist IWA, the SAC came into conflict with the IWA in the 1950's when the SAC entered into a state-supported unemployment fund, which the IWA regarded as state collaboration and reformist. In 1956, the SAC withdrew from the IWA. IWA can mean: Inland Waterways Association International Water Association International Webcasting Association International Webmasters Association International Workers Association International Wrestling Association This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Reformism (also called revisionism or revisionist theory) is the belief that gradual changes in a society can ultimately change its fundamental structures. ... 1956 is a leap year starting on Sunday. ...

The traditional strongholds of the SAC were primarily in the forestry, mining, and construction industries. Today, most SAC members are from the public sector. Forestry (formally known as silviculture) is the art, science, and practice of studying and managing forests and related natural resources. ... The El Chino Mine located near Silver City, New Mexico is an open-pit copper mine Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, usually (but not always) from an ore body, vein, or (coal) seam. ... Construction on the North Bytown Bridge in Ottawa, Canada. ... The public sector is that part of economic and administrative life that deals with the delivery of goods and services by and for the government, whether national, regional or local/municipal. ...

External Links

• The SAC Home Page (http://www.sac.se/)