Finnish Federation of Trade Unions

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

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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

UnionAbbreviationJoinedReason not affiliatedLeftMembership (1955) [2]
Association of Mental Nurses1941Resigned19602,078
Association of Municipal and Hospital Workers1963Transferred to new SAK1969N/A
Association of Rural Municipal Officers1947Resigned1957497
Automobile and Transport Workers' AssociationAKL1960Transferred to new SAK1969N/A
Commercial Workers' Union 1930Resigned196114,233
Caretakers' Union KL1948Transferred to new SAK19692,228
Customs Union1945Resigned1960N/A
Finnish Air Transport Union1957Transferred to new SAK1969N/A
Finnish Association of the Weaving IndustrySKL1930Dissolved1952N/A
Finnish Bricklayers' Union1931Transferred to new SAK19695,634
Finnish Construction Workers' Union 1931Transferred to new SAK196927,176
Finnish Divers' Union1945Transferred to new SAK1969233
Finnish Food Workers' Union SEL1932Transferred to new SAK19698,007
Finnish Forestry and Lumber Workers' UnionSMUL1946Expelled1949N/A
Finnish General Workers' Union 1930Transferred to new SAK196910,713
Finnish Glass and Porcelain Workers' Union1930Transferred to new SAK19692,521
Finnish Locomotive Engineers' Union VML1943Resigned19604,489
Finnish Mechanics' Union1946Transferred to new SAK1969352
Finnish Musicians' Union 1945Resigned19561,046
Finnish Police Union SPJL1945Resigned19563,000
Finnish Port Workers' UnionSL1957Transferred to new SAK1969N/A
Finnish Postal Workers' Union 1945Resigned19603,597
Finnish Precious Metal Workers' Union1930Joined SAJ1960721
Finnish Printers' and Bookbinders' Union SKL1931Resigned19589,581
Finnish Road Workers' UnionSAL1948Resigned19585,059
Finnish Seamen's Union SM-U1934Resigned19566,805
Finnish Social Democratic Journalists' Union SSSL1931Resigned1958131
Finnish Supervisors' Union19491960
Finnish Textile Mechanics' Union1952Transferred to new SAK19691,110
Finnish Transport Workers' Association1936Dissolved1949N/A
Finnish Wood Workers' Union SPL1931Joined SAJ196018,244
Forestry Trade Union19451949N/A
General Journalists' UnionYLL1947Transferred to new SAK1969145
Hotel and Restaurant Workers' Union HRHL1940Transferred to new SAK19693,560
Journalists' Union1960Transferred to new SAK1969N/A
Leather, Footwear and Rubber Workers' Union SNJKL1938Transferred to new SAK19696,850
Metalworkers' Union Metalli1931Transferred to new SAK196939,257
Municipal Workers' Union KTV1932Resigned196223,368
National Union of State Officers1945Transferred to new SAK1969
Paper Industry Workers' Union 1930Transferred to new SAK196915,657
Pilots' and Lighthousekeepers' Union1945Resigned1958474
Prison Officers' Union VVL1945Resigned19601,293
Railway Workers' Union RAUTL1930Transferred to new SAK196912,063
Rural Workers' Union SML1945Transferred to new SAK19698,108
Textile and Knitting Workers' Union KNL1952Joined SAJ19607,312
Textile Workers' Union TtL1960Transferred to new SAK1969N/A
Union of Industrial and Agricultural Prison Officers1954Resigned1960166
Union of Clothing Workers SVL1938Joined SAJ19603,775
Union of Male Elementary School Teachers1945Dissolved1957100
Union of School Teachers1946Expelled1954N/A
Wood Workers' FederationPTL1960Transferred to new SAK1969N/A

Presidents

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

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References

  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.
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