Danish Woodworkers' Union

The Danish Woodworkers' Union (Danish: Træindustriforbundet i Danmark, TAF) was a trade union representing workers in wood manufacturing and construction in Denmark.

The union was founded in 1895, as the Sawmill and Machine Workers' Federation of Denmark.[1] It later affiliated to the Danish Confederation of Trade Unions.[2]

Several smaller union merged into TAF:[3]

  • 1950: Basket Makers' Union[3]
  • 1954: Turners' Union[3]
  • 1954: Corkscrew and Sortererskernes' Union[3]
  • 1970: Picture Framers' Union[3]

By 1996, the union had 23,710 members. At the start of 1997, it merged with the Danish Union of Joiners and Carpenters, to form the Danish Timber Industry and Construction Workers' Union.[2]

References
  1. "Træindustriforbundet i Danmark". Den Store Dansk. Gyldendal. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  2. Ebbinghaus, Bernhard; Visser, Jelle (2000). Trade Unions in Western Europe Since 1945. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 179. ISBN 0333771125.
  3. "Træindustriarbejdernes Fagforening". Rigsarkivet. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
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