Building Maintenance Workers´ Union

Fastighetsanställdas Förbund

34 000 members

50 % women 50 % men

Cleaners, janitors, window cleaners, sanitary personel

~ 20 national agreements

Cleaners – facts from researchers

• Among the highest frequencies of long sick-leave

• Work related musculoskeletal disorders are very common

• Very high frequency of pain in the neck and shoulders

• Few reported and approved occupational strain injuries

Cleaners – facts from Trade Unions

• Low membership density• Solo employees• Low personal influence on working

conditions• Part time work• High degree of early morning, late evening

and night time work• Few safety representatives

Examples of projects

• Load in the cleaning profession – what does it consist of and how can it be reduced?

• Musculoskeletal disorders when cleaning. 17 cleaners´ stories of their notified occupational injuries.

• What can we learn from best practises in cleaning?

• A survey of clients´ and entrepreneurs´ views on the importance of health and safety issues in procurement.

Important actors in preventing occupational injuries

• Cleaning companies and the cleaners• Manufacturers of cleaning equipment• Users of the premises• Architects and commissioners of buildings• Interior designers• Occupational health services• Clients in the procurement process

A web-site as a lever to reduce strain injuries among cleaners

• IVL Svenska Miljöinstitutet• Fastighetsanställdas Förbund• Almega • Hotell- och Restaurangfacket• Sveriges Hotell- och restaurangföretagare• Kommunal• Sveriges Kommuner och Landsting

http://www.alltomstad.se/

http://www.alltomstad.se/upphandling/default.aspx

http://www.alltomstad.se/upphandling/upphandla-stadtjanster-sa-har.aspx

http://www.fastighets.se/

Fastighets–

we care

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