Union of Clothing Workers

The Union of Clothing Workers (Finnish: Suomen Vaatetustyöläisten liitto, SVL) was a trade union representing workers in the clothes industry in Finland.

The first Finnish Clothing Workers' Union was banned in 1930.

This approach proved unsuccessful, with only 898 workers holding membership of the branches by the start of 1938.

It proved particularly successful at recruiting women, and workers in the rapidly expanding clothing factories.

[1] In 1960, it became a founding affiliate of the Finnish Trade Union Federation (SAJ)[2] In 1969, the SAK and the SAJ merged to form the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions.