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The Business Union () was a
trade union A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages ...
representing clerical workers in Finland. The union was formed in 1987, when the Commercial Workers' Union, an affiliate of the
Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions The Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions, usually referred to by the acronym SAK (; ) is the largest trade union confederation in Finland. Its member organisations have a total of more than one million members, which makes up about one fif ...
(SAK), merged with the
Finnish Business People's Union The Finnish Business People's Union (, SLL) was a trade union representing clerical workers in Finland. The union was founded in 1906, and in 1944 it became a founding affiliate of the Confederation of Salaried Employees The Confederation of Sal ...
, an affiliate of the
Confederation of Salaried Employees The Confederation of Salaried Employees (, TVK) was a national trade union centre in Finland. The federation was established in 1917, as the Henkisen Työn Keskusliitto. It was refounded in 1922 and 1944, then again in 1956, as TVK. Several of its ...
, and the Trade and Industry Officials' Union. The new union decided to affiliate to the SAK, and it was led by
Maj-Len Remahl Maj-Len Anita Remahl (born 3 December 1942) is a Finnish former trade union leader. Born in Vaasa as Maj-Len Rönnholm, she grew up in a Swedish-speaking family in Sepänkylä, then in Palosaari and Huutoniemi. She was educated at the Vaasa Sve ...
, former president of the Commercial Workers' Union. By 1998, the union had 128,286 members. In 2000, it merged with the Caretakers' Union, the Hotel and Restaurant Workers' Union, and the Technical and Special Trades Union, to form Service Union United.


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{{Authority control Clerical trade unions Trade unions established in 1987 Trade unions disestablished in 2000 Trade unions in Finland