Swedish Forest and Wood Workers' Union
{{short description|Trade union in Sweden}}
{{Infobox union
|name = Skogs- och Träfacket
|location_country= Sweden
|affiliation = LO
|members = 55,000
|full_name = Swedish Forest and Wood Workers' Union
|native_name = Skogs- och Träfacket
|native_name_lang = sv
|image = 125px
|founded = 1998
|dissolved = June 1, 2009
|merged = GS
|headquarters = Stockholm
|key_people = Kjell Dahlström, president
|website = {{url|http://www.skogstrafacket.org}}
|footnotes =
}}
The Swedish Forest and Wood Workers' Union ({{langx|sv|Svenska Skogs- och Träfacket}}, Skogs o Trä) was a trade union representing workers in the forestry and woodworking industries in Sweden.
History
The union was established in 1998, when the Swedish Forest Workers' Union merged with the Swedish Wood Industry Workers' Union. The union's president, Kjell Dahlström, claimed that the merger saved SEK 30 million. Like both its predecessors, the union affiliated to the Swedish Trade Union Confederation. On formation, it had 68,709 members, but this fell rapidly, along with employment in the industry, and by 2008 it had only 39,144 members. In 2009, it merged with the Swedish Graphic Workers' Union, to form GS.{{cite news |last1=Johansson |first1=Marcus |title="Samgåendet får inte gå för fort fram" |url=http://www1.facket.org/home/da/home.nsf/unid/70E7E4E91E94F03FC125723D004F4A4E |access-date=3 February 2021 |work=Dagens Arbete |date=7 December 2006}}{{cite book |last1=Kjellberg |first1=Anders |title=The Membership Development of Swedish Trade Unions and Union Confederations Since the End of the Nineteenth Century |date=2017 |publisher=Lund University |isbn=9172673109 |page=62}}
Further reading
- {{cite book |last1=Ericsson |first1=Kjell |title=Skogs- och träfacket 1998-2009 |date=2009 |publisher=Skogs- och träfacket |location=Stockholm |isbn=9789197776813}}
External links
- {{official website|http://www.skogstrafacket.org}}