Wood and Allied Workers' Union

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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

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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.