[1][2] Central Workers' Council was composed of 40 members who represented the Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP), the Finnish Trade Union Federation (SAJ), the Red Guards and the Helsinki Workers' Council.
SDP had 15 representatives, SAJ and the Red Guards 10 each and the Helsinki Workers' Council 5.
Likewise the People's Delegation, the Central Workers' Council was planned as a contemporary body as the constitution was to be passed on a referendum.
[3] The complete list of members of the Central Workers' Council is unknown as the documents are missing or destroyed.
According to the historian Osmo Rinta-Tassi, at least 48 persons, including the deputy representatives, took part on the sessions.