Commercial Workers' Union
The Commercial Workers' Union (Finnish: Liiketyöntekijäin Liitto) was a trade union representing clerical workers in Finland.
The union was founded in 1917 as the Finnish Trade and Business Workers' Union, and it affiliated to the Finnish Trade Union Federation. The union grew steadily, and from 1930 was affiliated to the Finnish Federation of Trade Unions (SAK). It resigned from the SAK in 1961, becoming independent until 1969, when it joined the SAK's successor, the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions.[1][2]
In 1987, the union merged with the Finnish Business People's Union, an affiliate of the Confederation of Salaried Employees, and the Trade and Industry Officials' Union, to form the Business Union.[1][3]
Presidents[]
- 1917: Johan Emil Järvisalo
- 1920s:
- 1949: Aarre Happonen
- 1974: Kunto Kaski
- 1982: Kauko Suhonen
- 1986: Maj-Len Remahl
References[]
- ^ a b Ebbinghaus, Bernhard; Visser, Jelle (2000). Trade Unions in Western Europe Since 1945. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 217. ISBN 0333771125.
- ^ "Historia". PAM. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ^ "Maj-Len Remahl – liikealan työntekijöiden edunvalvoja". Naisten Ääni - suomalaisen naisen elämää. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
Categories:
- Clerical trade unions
- Trade unions established in 1917
- Trade unions disestablished in 1987
- Trade unions in Finland