| Summary: | Relations between the Central Organisation of the Workers of Sweden and the Swedish Trade Union Confederation, 1910-1930: The Unification Debate The purpose of this study is to depict the hostile relations between the two unions, the Central Organisation of the Workers of Sweden (SAC), and the Swedish Trade Union Confederation (LO), between the years 1910 and 1930, the proposal of and following debate about unification being especially focused on. The questions are the following: 1. What ideological differences where there between SAC and LO? 2. What ideas were common in the debate? 3. What arguments had the organisations pro and against unification? 4. What changes would the proposal, if accomplished, had lead to? 5. Why did SAC turn the proposal down? My theory is that the different ideological and organisational differences stopped unification from happening, this being the reason both for the proposal of unification and for it being turned down. My conclusions are that this was in fact the reason: when LO proposed unification it was with the purpose of keeping the organisation reformist. SAC turned the proposal down because the organisation is revolutionary. These fundamental ideological differences in turn affected its goal and means in such a matter that any unification that would keep elements of both ideologies became impossible. The primary sources for the study are the original proposal from LO, and a brochure from SAC, explaining their answer. In addition, I studied both of the organisations’ regulations and two propaganda brochures from LO about syndicalism.
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