Akademikerne (AC) | |
Location Country: | Denmark |
Affiliation: | ITUC, ETUC, TUAC, NFS |
Members: | 480,000 (2023)[1] |
Full Name: | Akademikerne – The Danish Confederation of Professional Associations |
Native Name: | Akademikerne (AC) |
Native Name Lang: | da |
Founded: | 1972 |
Headquarters: | Copenhagen, Denmark |
Key People: | President Lisbeth Lintz (MD, specialized in geriatrics and internal medicine) |
Website: | ac.dk |
Akademikerne – The Danish Confederation of Professional Associations Danish: Akademikerne was founded in 1972 and a national trade union center for 25 Danish trade unions.
Akademikerne has a membership of 418,000 and cooperates with the other Danish trade union centre, the Danish Trade Union Confederation (FH).
Members of the 25 trade unions of Akademikerne are typically employees with a higher education, i.e. a master's degree or a postgraduate education. Members of Akademikerne are e.g. lawyers, librarians, psychologists, dentists, veterinarians, pharmacists, high school teachers, medical doctors etc.
Akademikerne is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), the Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD (TUAC) and the Council of Nordic Trade Unions (NFS).