The Norwegian Union of Food, Beverage and Allied Workers ( no, Norsk Nærings- og Nytelsesmiddelarbeiderforbund, NNN) is a

trade union A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits ...

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...

. The union was founded in 1923, as a split from the

Norwegian Union of General Workers The Norwegian Union of General Workers ( no, Norsk Arbeidsmandsforbund, NAF) is a trade union in Norway. It has a membership of 33,000 and is affiliated with the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO). The union was founded on 13 April 1895 ...

, and it immediately affiliated to 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 union ...

. The Norwegian Union of Hotel and Restaurant Workers merged into the union in 1927, but this section split away again in 1931, as the Hotel and Restaurant Workers' Union. In 1962, the union absorbed the Norwegian Bakery and Confectionery Workers' Union and the Norwegian Tobacco Workers' Union. In 1970, the Norwegian Union of Meat Industry Workers also joined. By 1996, it had a membership of 36,374. This has declined slightly, and in 2019, it had 28,254 members.

Presidents

:1923: Richard Hansen :1931: Rasmus Rasmussen :1950: Erling Frogner :1965: Åge Petersen :Einar Hysvær :Johnny Hagen :2007: Jan-Egil Pedersen :2019: Aker Hansen

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* Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions Trade unions established in 1923 Food processing trade unions {{Europe-trade-union-stub