We hereby invite representatives and employees of trade unions throughout the world to nominate candidates for next year’s award of the Arthur Svensson international prize for trade union rights. The deadline is 1st of January 2026.
Since 2010 the Svensson prize has been awarded to persons and organisations that has worked predominately to promote trade union rights and organizing around the world. Amongst the previous winners we find leaders and activists of the teachers’ union in Bahrain, the Miners union in Mexico, textile workers in Cambodia, health workers in Liberia, independent trade unions in Belarus and Kazakhstan, trade union leader and activist Khaing Zar Aung from Myanmar and many more. This year Aliaksandr Yarashuk, President of the Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions (BKDP) and member of the ILO Governing body, was awarded the prize.
The prize amount is NOK 500,000 (approx. USD 46.000). One half of the amount goes directly to the prize winner and the other half will be spent on projects related to the prize winner.
The nomination deadline is January the 1st 2026, but we encourage to start the nomination process as soon as possible. The nominees will be judged on to what extent the person or organization has promoted union rights and/or union organizing in the world.
More on the award here
Previous winners here
For justified nominations please use this form. Nominations can also be sent with attachments to arthur.svenssonprize@styrke.no .
Thank you!
In solidarity,
Amalie Hilde Tofte
Secretary of the prize committee
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