Saco - The Swedish Confederation of Professional Associations

Saco – Representing Graduate Professions- 24 trade unions/professional

organizations- More than 586 000 individual

members- Politically unaffiliated- Recognized negotiating partners in

all sectors

Union ProfileAcademic Qualification, Knowledge and

Competence should be rewarded

- Wage formation determined locally- Individual, differentiated salary setting- Equal conditions, regardless of gender or

ethnic origin- Scope for individualized solutions in

working life, e.g., working hours

Representing Members Employed in all Sectors

Municipal sector 28%

Private sector 27%

State sector 16%

Students 17%

Non-active professionally 10%

Self-employed 2%

Membergroups – professions, some examples:

- Graduate engineers 120 000 m 22 % f- Teachers 82 000 e 68 % e- Graduates in Law 75 000 m 52 % m- Graduates in social 50 000 b 80 % a

science, social work,personnel management

- Medical doctors 40 000 e 41 % l- Scientists 21 000 r 52 % e- Architects 10 000 s 48 % - Occupational Therapists 9 500 97 % - Dentists 9 000 48 %

More in common than is commonly thought

It is just as important for both female and male professionals that:- managers are consistent when decision-

making- the design of the work organisation is crystal

clear- the aims and objectives are make sense and

are realistic- - the context of the undertaking is known to

all - - they are able to use all their knowledge and

competences at work - execellence in performance is rewarded

within the organization - they are able to act on the basis of their own

intuition and tacit knowledge

How important is it to you to supervise

others in the organization? Female Male

Absolutly necessary 3 % 3 %

Very important 15 % 19%

Important 35 % 34 %

Less important 40 % 38 %

Not important 7 % 6 %

Differences in opinion between female and male professionals- women attach greater importance to

fellowship at the work-place

- women find it more important to get appreciation from their manager

- women estimate documentation and follow-ups of the undertaking higher than their male collegues.

Top-10 Female

1 A meaningful private life2 New knowledge on board 3 Clear, realistic objectives 4 Consideration to collegues5 Having fun at work6 To understand one´s own

role in the bigger context7 Proficiency and experience8 Promotion of health and

safty at work9 To be able to reconsider

work-methods10 Efficient undertaking

Male

1 A meaningful private life2 Have fun at work3 New knowledge on board 4 Clear, realistic objectives 5 To understand one´s own

role in the bigger context6 To be able to use all of

one´s personal capabilities

7 Personal decision-making 8 To be able to reconsider

work-methods9 Consideration to

collegues10 Proficiency and

experience

Concluding results - Female and male professionals have -

on the whole – the same values concerning work organization and careers

- Female professionals value fellowship higher than men

- Male professionals consider the specific task

- Female professionals consider the total operations

- Female and male managers share the same values more often than female and male officials