The Swedish Forest and Wood Workers' Union ( sv, Svenska Skogs- och Träfacket, Skogs o Trä) was a trade union representing workers in the forestry and woodworking industries in Sweden.

History

The union was established in 1998, when the

Swedish Forest Workers' Union The Swedish Forest Workers' Union ( sv, Svenska Skogsarbetareförbundet, SSAF) was a trade union representing timber and forestry workers in Sweden. The union was founded in 1918, as the Swedish Forest and Rafters' Union, on the initiative of the ...

merged with 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 ...

. The union's president, Kjell Dahlström, claimed that the merger saved SEK 30,000,000. Like both its predecessors, the union affiliated to 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 ...

. On formation, it had 68,709 members, but this fell rapidly, along with employment in the industry, and by 2008 it had only 39,144 members. In 2009, it merged with the

Swedish Graphic Workers' Union The Swedish Graphic Workers' Union ( sv, Grafiska Fackförbundet, Grafiska or GF) was a trade union representing printing industry workers in Sweden. The union was founded when the Swedish Bookbinders' Union merged with the Swedish Lithographic ...

, to form GS.

External links

*{{official website, http://www.skogstrafacket.org

References

Swedish Trade Union Confederation Timber industry trade unions Trade unions in Sweden Trade unions established in 1998 Trade unions disestablished in 2009

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