Swedish Forest and Wood Workers' Union

The Swedish Forest and Wood Workers' Union (Skogs- och Träfacket) was a trade union

Trade union

A trade union, trades union or labor union is an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labour contracts with...

in Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

. It had a membership of 55,000 before it was merged with Swedish Graphic Workers' Union

Swedish Graphic Workers' Union

The Swedish Graphic Workers' Union was a trade union in Sweden. It was founded in 1973 and was merged with Swedish Forest and Wood Workers' Union June 1, 2009 into GS and had by that time 23,000 members...

to form GS

GS (Swedish union)

GS is a trade union in Sweden established June 1, 2009 through the merging of Swedish Forest and Wood Workers' Union and Swedish Graphic Workers' Union. It has a membership of 65,000 and organizes workers in the forestry, woodworking and graphic industries...

. It was formed in 1998 by the merger of the Swedish Forest Workers' Union, and the Swedish Wood Workers' Union.

Skogs- och Träfacket was affiliated with the Swedish Trade Union Confederation

Swedish Trade Union Confederation

The Swedish Trade Union Confederation , commonly referred to as LO, is a national trade union centre, an umbrella organisation for fifteen Swedish trade unions that organise mainly "blue-collar" workers...

External links

Skogs- och Träfacket official site.

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