The Textile and Knitting Workers' Union ( fi, Kutoma- ja Neuletyöväen Liito, KNL) 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 ...

representing workers in the textile industry in

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

. The union was founded in 1952, when the Weaving Industry Union merged with a smaller union. Like its predecessors, it affiliated to the

Finnish Federation of Trade Unions The Finnish Federation of Trade Unions ( fi, Suomen Ammattiyhdistysten Keskusliitto, SAK) was a national trade union centre in Finland. The federation was established in 1930, after the Finnish Trade Union Federation (SAJ) was banned. Its initial ...

(SAK), but in 1960 became a founding affiliate of the

Finnish Trade Union Federation Finnish Trade Union Federation ( fi, Suomen Ammattijärjestö, SAJ, sv, Finlands Landsorganisation, FLO) was the first central organisation of trade unions in Finland, established in 1907. It was a part of the Social Democratic Party of Finland ...

(SAJ) split. This led its membership to decline, from more than 10,000, to just 5,851 by 1969. In 1969, the SAK and the SAJ merged to form the

Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions The Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions, usually referred to by the acronym SAK ( fi, Suomen Ammattiliittojen Keskusjärjestö; sv, Finlands Fackförbunds Centralorganisation, FFC) is the largest trade union confederation in Finland. Its ...

. In response, the following year, the Textile and Knitting Workers' Union merged with the Textile Workers' Union, and the

Union of Clothing Workers The Union of Clothing Workers ( fi, Suomen Vaatetustyöläisten liitto, SVL) was a trade union representing workers in the clothes industry in Finland. The first Finnish Clothing Workers' Union was banned in 1930. The Workers' Union gained respo ...

, to form the Textile and Clothing Workers' Union.{{cite book , last1=Kaarninen , first1=Mervi , title=Taitavien käsien liitto : Tekstiili- ja vaatetustyöväen liitto Teva 1970–2004 , date=2005 , publisher=Kemianliitto , location=Helsinki , isbn=9519513353

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Textile and clothing trade unions Trade unions in Finland Trade unions established in 1952 Trade unions disestablished in 1970