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Pappers

Swedish Paper Workers' Union

Svenska Pappersindustriarbetareförbundet
Founded21 June 1920
HeadquartersStockholm, Sweden
Location

Members

13,494 (2019)

Key people

Pontus Georgsson, chairman
AffiliationsLO, IdM
Websitewww.pappers.se

The Swedish Paper Workers' Union (Swedish: Svenska Pappersindustriarbetareförbundet, Pappers) is a trade union representing workers in the pulp and paper industryinSweden.

The union was established on 21 June 1920, at a conference in Gävle. It brought together 6,251 workers, most from the Swedish Factory Workers' Union, but a minority from the Swedish Sawmill Industry Workers' Union. It affiliated to the Swedish Trade Union Confederation in 1922, and relocated its headquarters to Stockholm in 1928. In 1946, the Swedish Pulp Operators' Union merged in, and it reached a peak membership of 47,228 in 1961.[1][2]

The union's membership steadily dropped from the mid-1970s, along with employment in the industry. As of 2019, it had 13,494 members. Pontus Georgsson was the union's chairman at the . [1] As of 2005, the union had 70 local affiliates, one at each mill.[3]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Kjellberg, Anders (2017). The Membership Development of Swedish Trade Unions and Union Confederations Since the End of the Nineteenth Century. Lund University. p. 66–68. ISBN 9172673109.
  • ^ Ebbinghaus, Bernhard; Visser, Jelle (2000). Trade Unions in Western Europe Since 1945. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 626–630. ISBN 0333771125.
  • ^ ICTUR; et al., eds. (2005). Trade Unions of the World (6th ed.). London, UK: John Harper Publishing. ISBN 0-9543811-5-7.

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