Commercial Workers' Union Explained

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.^[3]

Presidents

1917: Johan Emil Järvisalo

1920s:

1949: Aarre Happonen

1974: Kunto Kaski

1982: Kauko Suhonen

1986: Maj-Len Remahl

Notes and References

1. Book: Ebbinghaus . Bernhard . Visser . Jelle . Trade Unions in Western Europe Since 1945 . 2000 . Palgrave Macmillan . Basingstoke . 0333771125 . 217.
2. Web site: Historia . PAM . 17 March 2020.
3. Web site: Maj-Len Remahl – liikealan työntekijöiden edunvalvoja . Naisten Ääni - suomalaisen naisen elämää . 16 March 2020.