Swiss Bookbinders' and Carton Makers' Union

{{Short description|Trade union in Switzerland}}

The Swiss Bookbinders' and Carton' Makers' Union ({{langx|de|Schweizerischer Buchbinder- und Kartonagerverband}}, SBKV; {{langx|fr|Fédération suissse des relieurs et cartonniers}}) was a trade union representing bookbinders, stationers and box makers in Switzerland.

The union was founded on 9 June 1889, in Zürich,{{cite book |last1=Fritschi |first1=Jakob |title=Handbuch der Schweizerischen Arbeitnehmerverbände |date=1951 |publisher=Genossenschaftsdruckerei |page=209}} as the Swiss Bookbinders' Union, and in 1893, it joined the Swiss Trade Union Federation.{{cite web |title=Schweizerischer Buchbinder- und Kartonagerverband SBKV, Fédération suissse des relieurs et cartonniers |url=https://www.findmittel.ch/archive/archNeu/Ar412.html |website=Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv |access-date=6 December 2020}} It also joined the International Federation of Bookbinders and Kindred Trades, and by 1922, it had 1,266 members.{{cite book |title=The American Labor Yearbook |date=1924 |publisher=Rand School of Social Science |location=New York |page=254}} In 1943, it adopted its final name, and by 1954, its membership had risen to 4,465.{{cite book |last1=Mitchell |first1=James P. |title=Directory of Labor Organizations: Europe |date=1955 |publisher=United States Department of Labor |location=Washington DC |pages=28.16–28.24}}

In 1980, the SBKV merged with the Swiss Typographers' Union, to form the Union of Printing and Paper.