Finnish Trade Union Federation (1960)

The Finnish Trade Union Federation (Finnish: Suomen Ammattijärjestö, SAJ) was a national trade union centre in Finland.

The federation was established in 1960, as a split from the Finnish Federation of Trade Unions (SAK), by unions which supported the Social Democratic Party of Finland. By 1968, the federation had 17 affiliates, but a total of only 95,166 members. In 1969, it merged with the SAK, to form the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions.[1]

Affiliates

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The following unions held membership of the federation for some period:[1]

Union Abbreviation Founded Affiliated Reason left Left Membership (1965)[2]
Air Transport Workers' Union 1962 1962 Transferred to SAK 1969 726
Federation of Railway Trade Unions 1960 1960 6,255
Finnish Electrical Workers' Union SS 1955 1963 9,494
Finnish Mining Union 1966 1966 N/A
Finnish Printers' and Bookbinders' Union VA 1894 1960 Resigned 1967 13,131
Finnish Road Transport Union SAL 1948 Transferred to SAK 1969 7,850
Finnish Seamen's Union SMU 1930 10,050
Finnish Social Democratic Journalists' Union SSSL 1907 1960 150
Finnish Union of Paper Machine Operators 1956 220
Finnish Union of Precious Metal Workers 1906 892
Finnish Wood Industry Workers' Union SPL 1931 1960 15,585
General and Speciality Workers' Union YEA 1960 10,982
Leather and Rubber Trade Union KINL 1960 3,715
Road Workers' Union 1963 1963 1,412
Steel, Mining and Machine Shop Workers' Union 1960 1960 6,891
Textile and Knitting Workers' Union KNL 1952 7,538
Union of Clothing Workers SVL 1938 3,872
Union of Organising Officers 1960 81
Workshop Workers' Union 1960 3,946

References

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  1. ^ a b 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. 1965. pp. 8.14–8.16.