The Swedish Building Wood Workers' Union ( sv, Svenska Byggnadsträarbetareförbundet, Btaf) 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 (s ...
representing carpenters in Sweden.
The first union of the name was founded in 1904, as a split from the
Swedish Wood Workers' Union
The Swedish Wood Workers' Union ( sv, Svenska Träarbetareförbundet, Trä) was a trade union representing wood workers in Sweden.
The union was founded in as the Wood Workers' Union of Sweden, and had 880 members by the end of the year. It gre ...
, but it rejoined in 1916. On 1 January 1924, the Wood Workers' Union was split 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 ...
and a new Btaf. Like its predecessor, it affiliated to the
Swedish Trade Union Confederation. In 1925, the small Swedish Parquet Layers' Union joined Btaf.
On foundation, the union had 11,212 members, but it grew steadily, and by 1948 had 42,673 members. In 1949, it merged with parts of several other unions, to form the
Swedish Building Workers' Union.
Presidents
:1924: Nils Linde
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:1942: John Grewin
References
Swedish Trade Union Confederation
Carpenters' trade unions
Trade unions in Sweden
Trade unions established in 1924
Trade unions disestablished in 1949