Danish Timber Industry and Construction Workers' Union
The Danish Timber Industry and Construction Workers' Union (TIB) was a trade union representing construction, wood and furniture workers in Denmark.
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| Full name | Danish Timber Industry and Construction Workers' Union |
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| Native name | Forbundet Træ-Industri-Byg i Danmark |
| Founded | 1997 |
| Date dissolved | 31 December 2010 |
| Merged into | 3F |
| Members | 68,000 |
| Affiliation | LO Denmark |
| Key people | Arne Johansen, president |
| Office location | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Country | Denmark |
| Website | www |
The union was founded in 1997, when the Danish Union of Joiners and Carpenters merged with the Danish Woodworkers' Union. On formation, it had 71,572 members, around one-third of whom worked in construction, with the remainder in the wood, furniture and related industries. Like its predecessors, it affiliated to the Danish Confederation of Trade Unions.[1][2]
On 1 January 2011, the union merged into the United Federation of Danish Workers.[3]
Presidents
- 1997: Arne Johansen
- 2008: Johnny Skovengaard
References
- Ebbinghaus, Bernhard; Visser, Jelle (2000). Trade Unions in Western Europe Since 1945. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 179. ISBN 0333771125.
- ICTUR; et al., eds. (2005). Trade Unions of the World (6th ed.). London, UK: John Harper Publishing. ISBN 0-9543811-5-7.
- "3F- FAGLIGT FÆLLES FORBUND". Trae.dk. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
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