Finnish Federation of Trade Unions

The Finnish Federation of Trade Unions (Finnish: Suomen Ammattiyhdistysten Keskusliitto, SAK) was a national trade union centre in Finland.

The federation was established in 1930, after the Finnish Trade Union Federation (SAJ) was banned. Its initial affiliates were unions which supported the Social Democratic Party of Finland, whereas the SAJ had been dominated by communists. Over time, the communists became prominent in the SAK, and this led a group of unions to split away in 1960 and form a new Finnish Trade Union Federation (SAJ). In 1969, the SAK merged with the new SAJ, to form the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions.[1]

Affiliates

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Union Abbreviation Joined Reason not affiliated Left Membership (1955)[2]
Association of Mental Nurses 1941 Resigned 1960 2,078
Association of Municipal and Hospital Workers 1963 Transferred to new SAK 1969 N/A
Association of Rural Municipal Officers 1947 Resigned 1957 497
Automobile and Transport Workers' Association AKL 1960 Transferred to new SAK 1969 N/A
Commercial Workers' Union 1930 Resigned 1961 14,233
Caretakers' Union KL 1948 Transferred to new SAK 1969 2,228
Customs Union 1945 Resigned 1960 N/A
Finnish Air Transport Union 1957 Transferred to new SAK 1969 N/A
Finnish Association of the Weaving Industry SKL 1930 Dissolved 1952 N/A
Finnish Bricklayers' Union 1931 Transferred to new SAK 1969 5,634
Finnish Construction Workers' Union 1931 Transferred to new SAK 1969 27,176
Finnish Divers' Union 1945 Transferred to new SAK 1969 233
Finnish Food Workers' Union SEL 1932 Transferred to new SAK 1969 8,007
Finnish Forestry and Lumber Workers' Union SMUL 1946 Expelled 1949 N/A
Finnish General Workers' Union 1930 Transferred to new SAK 1969 10,713
Finnish Glass and Porcelain Workers' Union 1930 Transferred to new SAK 1969 2,521
Finnish Locomotive Engineers' Union VML 1943 Resigned 1960 4,489
Finnish Mechanics' Union 1946 Transferred to new SAK 1969 352
Finnish Musicians' Union 1945 Resigned 1956 1,046
Finnish Police Union SPJL 1945 Resigned 1956 3,000
Finnish Port Workers' Union SL 1957 Transferred to new SAK 1969 N/A
Finnish Postal Workers' Union 1945 Resigned 1960 3,597
Finnish Precious Metal Workers' Union 1930 Joined SAJ 1960 721
Finnish Printers' and Bookbinders' Union SKL 1931 Resigned 1958 9,581
Finnish Road Workers' Union SAL 1948 Resigned 1958 5,059
Finnish Seamen's Union SM-U 1934 Resigned 1956 6,805
Finnish Social Democratic Journalists' Union SSSL 1931 Resigned 1958 131
Finnish Supervisors' Union 1949 1960
Finnish Textile Mechanics' Union 1952 Transferred to new SAK 1969 1,110
Finnish Transport Workers' Association 1936 Dissolved 1949 N/A
Finnish Wood Workers' Union SPL 1931 Joined SAJ 1960 18,244
Forestry Trade Union 1945 1949 N/A
General Journalists' Union YLL 1947 Transferred to new SAK 1969 145
Hotel and Restaurant Workers' Union HRHL 1940 Transferred to new SAK 1969 3,560
Journalists' Union 1960 Transferred to new SAK 1969 N/A
Leather, Footwear and Rubber Workers' Union SNJKL 1938 Transferred to new SAK 1969 6,850
Metalworkers' Union Metalli 1931 Transferred to new SAK 1969 39,257
Municipal Workers' Union KTV 1932 Resigned 1962 23,368
National Union of State Officers 1945 Transferred to new SAK 1969
Paper Industry Workers' Union 1930 Transferred to new SAK 1969 15,657
Pilots' and Lighthousekeepers' Union 1945 Resigned 1958 474
Prison Officers' Union VVL 1945 Resigned 1960 1,293
Railway Workers' Union RAUTL 1930 Transferred to new SAK 1969 12,063
Rural Workers' Union SML 1945 Transferred to new SAK 1969 8,108
Textile and Knitting Workers' Union KNL 1952 Joined SAJ 1960 7,312
Textile Workers' Union TtL 1960 Transferred to new SAK 1969 N/A
Union of Industrial and Agricultural Prison Officers 1954 Resigned 1960 166
Union of Clothing Workers SVL 1938 Joined SAJ 1960 3,775
Union of Male Elementary School Teachers 1945 Dissolved 1957 100
Union of School Teachers 1946 Expelled 1954 N/A
Wood Workers' Federation PTL 1960 Transferred to new SAK 1969 N/A

Presidents

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1930: Edvard Huttunen
1937: Eero A. Wuori
1945: Erkki Härmä
1946: Emil Huunonen
1949: Aku Sumu
1954: Eero Antikainen
1959: Reino Heinonen
1960: Vihtori Rantanen
1966: Niilo Hämäläinen

References

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  1. ^ Ebbinghaus, Bernhard; Visser, Jelle (2000). Trade Unions in Western Europe Since 1945. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 216–219. ISBN 0333771125.
  2. ^ Directory of Labor Organizations, Europe. United States Bureau of Labor Affairs. 1955. pp. 8.7–8.16.