Application
To be able to approve your application for membership in Kommunal, your application must be complete. If information is missing, we will contact you to complete the application.
Insurances
Membership insurance is included in your membership fee. More information about the insurances will be sent with your membership documents when your membership takes effect. You will also receive an offer to take out Kommunal's sick and survivor insurance and other favorable group insurances from Folksam.
Power of attorney
As a member of Kommunal, you decide how you want to pay your membership fee. In cases where the membership fee is paid through payroll deduction, you hereby grant Kommunal permission to do so.
Processing of personal data
The information you provide in this membership application is of such a nature that it constitutes or may constitute personal data under Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council. The purpose of the processing of these personal data is primarily to enable us to process your application and administer your membership with us.
We also need to use the data in order to protect your interests in the labour market and in social life in general.
Your data are also used to inform you about various issues related to your working conditions, trade union activities or the like, and to enable us to administer any studies and training courses and invoice and manage membership fees every month.
We also need to be able to disclose the information for other work that we perform within the framework of our union activities. Therefore, we disclose necessary personal data about your membership in Kommunal to those we collaborate with, in order to offer you various benefits included in your membership or to manage your membership fee. Examples of such benefits and partners include insurance and insurance companies, banking centers, and employers. Among these, Folksam, LO Mervärde, and Kommunalarbetaren can be mentioned.
The processing of your personal data for basic trade union activities is based on the legal grounds of “fulfilling obligations” and “legitimate activities”, pursuant to the GDPR, Article 9, paragraph 2(b) and (d). Read more about the processing of personal data.