The Swedish Tobacco Industry Workers' Union (, Tobaks) 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 involved in processing and selling tobacco in Sweden. The union was founded in Stockholm on 1 December 1889, as the Scandinavian Tobacco Workers' Union of Sweden with about 1,000 members. It became the International Tobacco Workers' Union of Sweden in 1899, around the time that 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 ...

. By 1907, it had 2,921 members, with 72% being women. At the end of

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, the union adopted its final name, and it then grew rapidly, reaching a peak membership of 4,616 in 1920. Membership then fell steadily, dropping to 1,421 in 1963. The following year, it merged into the

Swedish Food Workers' Union The Swedish Food Workers' Union (, Livs) is a trade union representing workers in the food and drink industries in Sweden. The union was founded on 1 January 1922, when the Swedish Bakery and Confectionery Workers' Union merged with the Swedis ...

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{{Reflist Swedish Trade Union Confederation Tobacco industry trade unions Trade unions in Sweden Trade unions established in 1889 Trade unions disestablished in 1964