Norwegian Transport Workers' Union (

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe * Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway * Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including ...

:''Norsk Transportarbeiderforbund'', NTF) was a

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which was established on 2 April 1896. The union organised workers in

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and private goods and passenger transport. The main areas for the union were drivers plus workshop and maintenance personnel in the

bus A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a road vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van. It is most commonly used in public transport, but is also in use for cha ...

companies, warehouses and terminal workers, drivers in forwarding and wholesale industry,

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employees and delivering personnel in newspaper companies,

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s, employees in the environmental industry (waste disposal and recycling),

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drivers (long and local transport of goods ) and stevedores workers in the

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s. The union had over 20,000 members in 20 unions across Norway. The union's head office in Oslo consisted of eight officers and nine employees. NTF joined the

Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions ( no, Landsorganisasjonen i Norge, LO) is a national trade union center, decidedly the largest and probably the most influential umbrella organization of labour unions in Norway. The 21 national unions ...

(LO) in 1907 and was a member of the

International Transport Workers' Federation The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) is a democratic global union federation of transport workers' trade unions, founded in 1896. In 2017 the ITF had 677 member organizations in 149 countries, representing a combined membership ...

. The unions' leader was Roger Hansen. In 2019, the union merged into the

United Federation of Trade Unions The United Federation of Trade Unions ( no, Fellesforbundet) is a general union in Norway. With a membership of 150,000 it is the largest private sector union in the country. History The union is affiliated with the Norwegian Confederation of T ...

References

External links

NTF website in English
International Transport Workers' Federation Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions Trade unions established in 1896 Trade unions disestablished in 2019 {{Europe-trade-union-stub