The United Federation of Trade Unions ( no, Fellesforbundet) is a

general union A general union is a trade union (called ''labor union'' in American English) which represents workers from all industries and companies, rather than just one organisation or a particular sector, as in a craft union or industrial union. A gene ...

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 t ...

. 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 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 ...

(LO). 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

Garment Workers' Union The Garment Workers' Union ( no, Bekledningsarbeiderforbundet, BAF) was a trade union representing workers in the clothing industry in Norway. History The union was founded in 1969, when the Norwegian Union of Clothing Workers merged with the Nor ...

('' no, Bekledningsarbeiderforbundet'', established 1969) *

Norwegian Union of Building Industry Workers The Norwegian Union of Building Industry Workers ( no, Norsk Bygningsindustriarbeiderforbund, NBIAF) was a trade union in Norway, organized under the national Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions. It was founded in 1923 as the Norwegian Union o ...

('' no, Norsk Bygningsindustriarbeiderforbund'', established 1923) *

Norwegian Union of Iron and Metalworkers The Norwegian Union of Iron and Metalworkers ( no, Norsk Jern- og Metallarbeiderforbund, NJMF) was a trade union representing workers in the metal industry, workshops, and shipbuilding in Norway. The union was founded in 1891, and in 1905 it joine ...

('' no, Norsk Jern- og Metallarbeiderforbund'', established 1891) *

Norwegian Union of Paper Industry Workers The Norwegian Union of Paper Industry Workers ( no, Norsk Papirindustriarbeiderforbund, NPF) was a trade union representing workers involved in manufacturing paper in Norway. The union was founded in 1913, as a split from the Norwegian Union of G ...

('' no, Norsk Papirindustriarbeiderforbund'', established 1913) * the

Norwegian Union of Forestry and Land Workers The Norwegian Union of Forestry and Land Workers ( no, Norsk Skog- og Landarbeiderforbund, NSLF) was a trade union in Norway, organized under the national Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions. It was founded in 1927 after the Julussa Conflict, ...

('' no, Norsk Skog- og Landarbeiderforbund'', established 1927) The Norwegian Graphical Union ('' no, Norsk Grafisk Forbund'', established 1882) subsequently joined in 2006 and the Hotel and Restaurant Workers' Union ('' no, Norsk Hotell- og Restaurantarbeiderforbund'', established 1932) joined in 2007. In 2019, the Norwegian Transport Workers' Union joined.

Presidents

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

References

External links

Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:United Federation of Trade Unions Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions Trade unions established in 1988 Organisations based in Oslo General unions