Women's Trade Union

is seen of the left. In 1897 a Committee for Women's Agitation had been formed by Stockholms allmänna kvinnoklubb. The committee was reorganized as the Women's Trade Union in 1902. At the founding of the union a board was elected, including Anna Sterky, Anna Johansson-Visborg and Gertrud Månsson. ==LO affiliate==

The Women's Trade Union joined the Swedish Trade Union Confederation (LO) in 1904. A women's club had been formed at the LM Ericsson in Stockholm, after visits from Anna Sterky and Kata Dahlström. The LM Ericsson women's club affiliated itself to the Women's Trade Union in 1905. The Women's Trade Union issued a proposal to the 1906 LO congress, that the trade union movement ought to pay more attention to agitation amongst working women and that special women's meetings be organized. The proposal was, however, not approved by the congress. After the decision of the Swedish Tailoring Workers Union to allow women to become members, a competition emerged over which union seamstresses should belong to. In 1909 the Women's Trade Union was disbanded, and twelve of its sections joined the Swedish Tailoring Workers Union. ==Publication==

In 1904 the Women's Trade Union began publishing Morgonbris ('Morning Breeze'). It was initially a quarterly, but was converted into a bimonthly in 1906. After the disbanding of the Women's Trade Union, the publication was taken over by the Social Democratic Women's Congress. ==Banner==

In 1904 the union obtained its own banner. The banner was designed by Selma Sandberg. It was made of wool, with embroidered text. ==See also==