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 name	Deutscher Sattler-, Tapezierer- und Portefeuiller-Verband
Founded	2 April 1920 (1920-04-02)
Predecessor	Union of Saddlers and Portfolio Makers Union of Upholsterers of Germany
Successor	Leather Union
Date dissolved	2 May 1933 (1933-05-02)
Members	31,406 (1928)
Journal	Sattler-, Tapezierer- und Portefeuillerzeitung
Affiliation	ADGB, IFBSOLW, IFWW
Office location	Michaelkirchstraße 14, Berlin
Country	Germany

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.