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Danish Gardeners' Union

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The Danish Gardeners' Union (Template:Lang-da) was a trade union representing gardeners in Denmark.

The union was founded in 1894, to represent market gardeners and nursery workers, later also covering landscape gardeners. While, in most other countries, gardeners were covered by agricultural workers' unions, in Denmark the agricultural workers joined the Danish General Workers' Union (SiD) in the 1930s. Nonetheless, the union affiliated to the International Landworkers' Federation. It also joined the Danish Confederation of Trade Unions.[1][2]

From 1949 to 1959, Jens Risgaard Knudsen was the union's secretary.[3] Membership reached 6,000 by 1971, but the following year, it merged into SiD.[1][4]

References

  1. ^ a b Flores, Xavier (1971). Agricultural Organisations and Economic and Social Development in Rural Areas. International Labour Office. p. 130.
  2. ^ European Landworkers' Federation (1962), Report of the Ordinary ELF Conference, p.88
  3. ^ Kaarsted, Tage (2020). De danske ministerier 1953-1972. Lindhardt og Ringhof. ISBN 9788726234633.
  4. ^ "SiD's arkiver". Arbejdermuseet. Retrieved 7 February 2020.