The Swedish Saw Mill Industry Workers Union ( sv, Svenska sågverksindustriarbetarförbundet, abbreviated SSIAF) was a

trade union A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits ( ...

of saw mill workers in

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

. The union was founded in 1891, it was initially known as ''Svenska sågverks- och brädgårdsarbetareförbundet''.Ståhl, Margareta.
Vår enighets fana: ett sekel fackliga fanor
'. Stockholm: LO, 1998. p. 230 The union died out after a few years, but was refounded in 1897. The refounding followed a decision by the congress of the Social Democratic Labour Party to organize workers in Norrland.http://www.adalen.org/arbetarrorelsen.asp Kymmer Olof Danielsson from

Gävle Gävle () is a city in Sweden, the seat of Gävle Municipality and the capital of Gävleborg County. It had 77,586 inhabitants in 2020, which makes it the 13th most populated city in Sweden. It is the oldest city in the historical Norrland (Swede ...

became the chairman of the refounded union. In 1898 it was one of three trade unions that founded the

Swedish Trade Union Confederation The Swedish Trade Union Confederation ( sv, Landsorganisationen i Sverige ; literally "National Organisation in Sweden"), commonly referred to as LO (), is a national trade union centre, an umbrella organisation for fourteen Swedish trade unions ...

(LO). The organization experienced a period of growth between 1905 and 1907, during which many new branches were set up. The name SSIAF was adopted in 1908. SSIAF suffered a severe backlash after the failed 1909 general strike. The union lost around 67% of its membership during this period. In 1925 SSIAF formed a joint cartel along with the forest and paper industry unions. In 1936 the three union launch a joint publication, ''Skogsindustriarbetaren'' ('The Forest Industry Worker'). The SSIAF member August Lindberg became the LO chairman in the same year (a position he held until 1947). In 1920, the cellulose workers in the union left to join the new Swedish Paper Workers' Union, while in 1937, 10,497 relevant workers transferred to the Swedish Forest and Rafters' Union. SSIAF merged into the

Swedish Wood Industry Workers' Union The Swedish Wood Industry Workers' Union ( sv, Svenska Träindustriarbetareförbundet, STIAF or Trä) was a trade union representing wood workers in Sweden. The union was founded on 1 January 1924, when the Swedish Wood Workers' Union was split ...

in 1948.

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