German Union of Saddlers, Upholsterers and Portfolio Makers

The German Union of Saddlers, Upholsterers and Portfolio Makers (German: Deutscher Sattler-, Tapezierer- und Portefeuiller-Verband) was a trade union representing leather goods and upholstery workers in Germany.

German Union of Saddlers, Upholsterers and Portfolio Makers
Native nameDeutscher Sattler-, Tapezierer- und Portefeuiller-Verband
Founded2 April 1920 (1920-04-02)
PredecessorUnion of Saddlers and Portfolio Makers
Union of Upholsterers of Germany
SuccessorLeather Union
Date dissolved2 May 1933 (1933-05-02)
Members31,406 (1928)
JournalSattler-, Tapezierer- und Portefeuillerzeitung
AffiliationADGB, IFBSOLW, IFWW
Office locationMichaelkirchstraße 14, Berlin
CountryGermany

The union was established in 1920, when the Union of Saddlers and Portfolio Makers merged with the Union of Upholsterers and Kindred Trades of Germany. The union was based in Berlin and, like its predecessors, it affiliated to the General German Trade Union Confederation. It initially had 28,281 members, and by 1928, this had grown slightly, to 31,406. These figures disguised a high level of turnover, as more than half the union's members were under 30 years old.[1]

The union was banned by the Nazi government in 1933. After World War II, leather workers were represented by the Leather Union.

Presidents
1920: Peter Blum
1929: Friedrich Gerhardt

References
  1. Deutscher Sattler-, Tapezierer- und Portefeuiller-Verband. ADGB. 1931. p. 381–382. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
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