United Federation of Trade Unions

Trade union in Norway

  • Norway
Members
157,000
Key people
Jørn Eggum, presidentAffiliationsLOWebsitehttp://www.fellesforbundet.no

The United Federation of Trade Unions (Norwegian: Fellesforbundet) is a general union in Norway. With a membership of 150,000[1] it is the largest private sector union in the country.

History

The union is affiliated with the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO).[1] The union organises mainly members in the iron and metal industry, the shipbuilding industry, graphical sector, car repair workshops, aircraft repair workshops, hotel- and restaurants, the textile industry, the shoe industry, the building trade, the building industry, the paper industry, graphical branches, fish farming, and agriculture and forestry. More than 200 different trades and occupations are covered by the union.

It was established on 8 May 1988 as a merger among:

The Norwegian Graphical Union (Norwegian: Norsk Grafisk Forbund, established 1882) subsequently joined in 2006 and the Hotel and Restaurant Workers' Union (Norwegian: Norsk Hotell- og Restaurantarbeiderforbund, established 1932) joined in 2007.[1][2] In 2019, the Norwegian Transport Workers' Union joined.[3]

Presidents

1988: John Stene
1991: Kjell Bjørndalen
2007: Arve Bakke
2015: Jørn Eggum

References

  1. ^ a b c Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Fellesforbundet". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
  2. ^ "In English". United Federation of Trade Unions. Archived from the original on 10 July 2010. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
  3. ^ "Norsk Transportarbeiderforbund". Store Norske Leksikon. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  • ICTUR; et al., eds. (2005). Trade Unions of the World (6th ed.). London, UK: John Harper Publishing. ISBN 0-9543811-5-7.

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