The Swedish Sailors and Coalers Union ( sv, Svenska sjömans- och eldareförbundet) was a

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. It was the first viable maritime union in the country (following a short-lived Seamen and Coalers Trade Union founded in

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in 1884). Charles Lindley was the main organizer of the union. Its Göteborg branch was founded in 1899.Ståhl, Margareta.
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'. Stockholm: LO, 1998. p. 310 The union published the monthly magazine ''Sjöfolkets tidning''. The union was dissolved in 1914 as it was bifurcated into two separate unions, the Sailors Union and the Coalers Union.

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