Finnish Trade Union Federation (1960)

The Finnish Trade Union Federation (Finnish: Suomen Ammattijärjestö, SAJ) was a national trade union centre in Finland.

The federation was established in 1960, as a split from the Finnish Federation of Trade Unions (SAK), by unions which supported the Social Democratic Party of Finland. By 1968, the federation had 17 affiliates, but a total of only 95,166 members. In 1969, it merged with the SAK, to form the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions.^[1]

Affiliates

The following unions held membership of the federation for some period:^[1]

Union	Abbreviation	Founded	Affiliated	Reason left	Left	Membership (1965)^[2]
Air Transport Workers' Union		1962	1962	Transferred to SAK	1969	726
Federation of Railway Trade Unions		1960	1960			6,255
Finnish Electrical Workers' Union	SS	1955	1963			9,494
Finnish Mining Union		1966	1966			N/A
Finnish Printers' and Bookbinders' Union	VA	1894	1960	Resigned	1967	13,131
Finnish Road Transport Union	SAL	1948		Transferred to SAK	1969	7,850
Finnish Seamen's Union	SMU	1930				10,050
Finnish Social Democratic Journalists' Union	SSSL	1907	1960			150
Finnish Union of Paper Machine Operators		1956				220
Finnish Union of Precious Metal Workers		1906				892
Finnish Wood Industry Workers' Union	SPL	1931	1960			15,585
General and Speciality Workers' Union	YEA	1960				10,982
Leather and Rubber Trade Union	KINL	1960				3,715
Road Workers' Union		1963	1963			1,412
Steel, Mining and Machine Shop Workers' Union		1960	1960			6,891
Textile and Knitting Workers' Union	KNL	1952				7,538
Union of Clothing Workers	SVL	1938				3,872
Union of Organising Officers		1960				81
Workshop Workers' Union		1960				3,946