The Swedish Shoe and Leather Workers' Union (, SSoL) was a

trade union A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages ...

representing workers in the leather industry in Sweden. The union was founded on 13 August 1888 in Stockholm, as the Swedish Shoemakers' Union, with 366 members. It affiliated to the

Swedish Trade Union Confederation The Swedish Trade Union Confederation ( ; literally "The National Organisation in Sweden"), commonly referred to as LO (), is a national trade union centre, an umbrella organisation for fourteen Swedish trade unions that organise mainly "blue-c ...

in 1899, and the membership reached 5,102 by 1907.{{cite book , last1=Ebbinghaus , first1=Bernhard , last2=Visser , first2=Jelle , title=Trade Unions in Western Europe Since 1945 , date=2000 , publisher=Palgrave Macmillan , location=Basingstoke , isbn=0333771125 , page=626–630 In 1962, the union gained about 1,100 members from the dissolved Swedish Saddlemakers' and Upholsterers' Union, and the leather workers from the dissolved

United Unions The United Unions (, DFF) was a general union in Sweden. The union was founded in 1905, when the Chemical Technical and Mill Industry Union merged with the Swedish Leather Workers' Union. Like its predecessors, it affiliated to the Swedish Trade ...

, taking its membership to a peak of 15,450. However, membership then declined, in line with employment in the industry, and by 1972 membership was down to 8,083. The following year, it merged with the Swedish Clothing Workers' Union and the Swedish Textile Workers' Union, to form the Swedish Textile, Garment and Leather Workers' Union.

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1888 establishments in Sweden 1973 disestablishments in Sweden Swedish Trade Union Confederation Footwear industry trade unions Leather industry trade unions Trade unions in Sweden Trade unions established in 1888 Trade unions disestablished in 1973 19th-century establishments in Stockholm