Wood and Allied Workers' Union

Wood Union

Puuliitto
Merged into	Metalworkers' Union Industrial Union TEAM
Successor	Industrial Union
Formation	1993 (1993)
Dissolved	2017 (2017)
Merger of	Wood Workers' Union Rural Workers' Union
Type	Trade union
Headquarters	Helsinki
Publication	Särmä
Formerly called	Puu- ja erityisalojen liitto, 'Wood and Allied Workers' Union'(until 2014)

The Wood and Allied Workers' Union (Finnish : Puu- ja erityisalojen liitto, PEL) was a trade union representing workers in the wood industry in Finland.

The union was founded in 1993, when the Wood Workers' Union merged with the Rural Workers' Union. Like its predecessors, the union affiliated to the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions. By 1998, it had 51,455 members. ^[1] In 2014, the union shortened its name, to become the Wood Union. ^[2]

In 2017, the union merged with the Metalworkers' Union and the Industrial Union TEAM, to form the Industrial Union. ^[3]

Presidents

1993: Heikki Peltonen

1997: Kalevi Vanhala

2009: Sakari Lepola

2014: Jari Nilosaari

References

1. Ebbinghaus, Bernhard; Visser, Jelle (2000). Trade Unions in Western Europe Since 1945. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 218. ISBN   0333771125.
2. "Juuremme". Teollisuusllitto. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
3. "Teollisuusliitto tulee, Metalli, TEAM ja Puuliitto jäivät historiaan: "Nyt puhutaan palkankorotuksista"". yle. 17 May 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2020.