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The Swedish Garden Workers 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 ...
garden workers in
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. The union was founded on December 29, 1906. It was however disbanded in 1909. The union was revived in 1918. Its first section were the Garden Workers of
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.Ståhl, Margareta.
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'. Stockholm: LO, 1998. p. 229
The union published ''Trädgårdsarbetaren'' ('The Garden Worker') between 1918 and 1920. A total of ten issues were published. John H. Johansson served as editor 1918-1919, Emil Erlandsson became editor in 1920. Between 1921 and 1924 the union published the monthly ''Svenska trädgårdsarbetaren''. The union merged into the Farm Workers Union of Sweden in 1924.


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