The Danish Seamen's Union was a trade union representing sailors and other workers ships in the Danish merchant navy. The union was founded in 1897, and joined the

Danish Confederation of Trade Unions LO, The Danish Confederation of Trade Unions (Danish: ''LO, Landsorganisationen i Danmark'' or simply ''LO'') was founded in 1898 and was an umbrella organisation (the largest of the three national trade union centers in Denmark) for 18 Danish tra ...

(LO) in 1900. However, the union was generally more radical and left-wing than the LO, and so in 1912 it left the federation. It joined the

International Transport Workers' Federation The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) is a democratic global union federation of transport workers' trade unions, founded in 1896. In 2017 the ITF had 677 member organizations in 149 countries, representing a combined membership ...

in 1928, and rejoined LO in 1937.{{cite book , last1=Campbell , first1=Joan , last2=Windmuller , first2=John P. , title=European Labor Unions , date=1992 , publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group , isbn=031326371X , page=95 After World War II, the union's membership entered a long-term decline, with smaller crews and many ships using flags of convenience. In 1975, the union again left the LO, following a dispute about quotas. By 1987, it had only 5,000 members, and by 1990, only 3,000. In 1994, it merged into the

Danish General Workers' Union The Danish General Workers' Union ( da, Specialarbejderforbundet i Danmark, SID) was a general union representing mostly unskilled and semi-skilled workers, in Denmark. History The union was founded in 1897 as the Danish Workers' Union (DA), becom ...

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Seafarers' trade unions Trade unions in Denmark Trade unions established in 1897 Trade unions disestablished in 1994

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