Finnish Federation of Trade Unions

The Finnish Federation of Trade Unions (, 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 affiliates were unions which supported the Social Democratic Party of Finland, whereas the SAJ had been dominated by communists. Over time, the communists became prominent in the SAK, and this led a group of unions to split away in 1960 and form a new Finnish Trade Union Federation (SAJ). In 1969, the SAK merged with the new SAJ, to form the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions.

Affiliates Union Abbreviation Joined Reason not affiliated Left Membership (1955) Association of Mental Nurses 1941 Resigned 1960 2,078 Association of Municipal and Hospital Workers 1963 Transferred to new SAK 1969 N/A Association of Rural Municipal Officers 1947 Resigned 1957 497 Automobile and Transport Workers' Association AKL 1960 Transferred to new SAK 1969 N/A Commercial Workers' Union 1930 Resigned 1961 14,233 Caretakers' Union KL 1948 Transferred to new SAK 1969 2,228 Customs Union 1945 Resigned 1960 N/A Finnish Air Transport Union 1957 Transferred to new SAK 1969 N/A Finnish Association of the Weaving Industry SKL 1930 Dissolved 1952 N/A Finnish Bricklayers' Union 1931 Transferred to new SAK 1969 5,634 Finnish Construction Workers' Union 1931 Transferred to new SAK 1969 27,176 Finnish Divers' Union 1945 Transferred to new SAK 1969 233 Finnish Food Workers' Union SEL 1932 Transferred to new SAK 1969 8,007 Finnish Forestry and Lumber Workers' Union SMUL 1946 Expelled 1949 N/A Finnish General Workers' Union 1930 Transferred to new SAK 1969 10,713 Finnish Glass and Porcelain Workers' Union 1930 Transferred to new SAK 1969 2,521 Finnish Locomotive Engineers' Union VML 1943 Resigned 1960 4,489 Finnish Mechanics' Union 1946 Transferred to new SAK 1969 352 Finnish Musicians' Union 1945 Resigned 1956 1,046 Finnish Police Union SPJL 1945 Resigned 1956 3,000 Finnish Port Workers' Union SL 1957 Transferred to new SAK 1969 N/A Finnish Postal Workers' Union 1945 Resigned 1960 3,597 Finnish Precious Metal Workers' Union 1930 Joined SAJ 1960 721 Finnish Printers' and Bookbinders' Union SKL 1931 Resigned 1958 9,581 Finnish Road Workers' Union SAL 1948 Resigned 1958 5,059 Finnish Seamen's Union SM-U 1934 Resigned 1956 6,805 Finnish Social Democratic Journalists' Union SSSL 1931 Resigned 1958 131 Finnish Supervisors' Union 1949 1960 Finnish Textile Mechanics' Union 1952 Transferred to new SAK 1969 1,110 Finnish Transport Workers' Association 1936 Dissolved 1949 N/A Finnish Wood Workers' Union SPL 1931 Joined SAJ 1960 18,244 Forestry Trade Union 1945 1949 N/A General Journalists' Union YLL 1947 Transferred to new SAK 1969 145 Hotel and Restaurant Workers' Union HRHL 1940 Transferred to new SAK 1969 3,560 Journalists' Union 1960 Transferred to new SAK 1969 N/A Leather, Footwear and Rubber Workers' Union SNJKL 1938 Transferred to new SAK 1969 6,850 Metalworkers' Union Metalli 1931 Transferred to new SAK 1969 39,257 Municipal Workers' Union KTV 1932 Resigned 1962 23,368 National Union of State Officers 1945 Transferred to new SAK 1969 Paper Industry Workers' Union 1930 Transferred to new SAK 1969 15,657 Pilots' and Lighthousekeepers' Union 1945 Resigned 1958 474 Prison Officers' Union VVL 1945 Resigned 1960 1,293 Railway Workers' Union RAUTL 1930 Transferred to new SAK 1969 12,063 Rural Workers' Union SML 1945 Transferred to new SAK 1969 8,108 Textile and Knitting Workers' Union KNL 1952 Joined SAJ 1960 7,312 Textile Workers' Union TtL 1960 Transferred to new SAK 1969 N/A Union of Industrial and Agricultural Prison Officers 1954 Resigned 1960 166 Union of Clothing Workers SVL 1938 Joined SAJ 1960 3,775 Union of Male Elementary School Teachers 1945 Dissolved 1957 100 Union of School Teachers 1946 Expelled 1954 N/A Wood Workers' Federation PTL 1960 Transferred to new SAK 1969 N/A

Presidents 1930: Edvard Huttunen 1937: Eero A. Wuori 1945: Erkki Härmä 1946: Emil Huunonen 1949: Aku Sumu 1954: Eero Antikainen 1959: Reino Heinonen 1960: Vihtori Rantanen 1966: Niilo Hämäläinen

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