The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions 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 affiliated to the LO have almost 1,000,000 members of a Norwegian population of 5 million. The majority of affiliated unions organizes traditional blue collar workers, but the largest affiliate is the Norwegian Union of Municipal and General Employees which makes up more than a third of all members. LO is affiliated to the ITUC and the ETUC.
A national trade union center is a federation or confederation of trade unions in a country. Nearly every country in the world has a national trade union center, and many have more than one. In some regions, such as the Nordic countries, different centers exist on a sectoral basis, for example, for blue collar workers and professionals.
The General Confederation of Trade Unions or GCTU is an international trade union confederation. It was founded on 16 April 1992 and incorporates members from the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Akademikerne – The Danish Confederation of Professional Associations Danish: Akademikerne was founded in 1972 and a national trade union center for 25 Danish trade unions.
The Taiwan Confederation of Trade Unions is a national trade union center in Taiwan. It was established in 1997, but did not receive official recognition from the government until May 1, 2000.
The Tunisian General Labour Union is a national trade union center in Tunisia. It has a membership of more than one million and was founded January 20, 1946.
The Confederation of Public Employees' Trade Unions is one of the four major national trade union centers in Turkey. It was formed in 1995.
Trade unions in Albania have had an unstable existence in recent decades, mirroring the regional political turbulance in Albania. Since the 1991 defeat of the Albanian Party of Labour (APL), independent trade unions have asserted themselves, with two main national trade union centres; the United Independent Albanian Trade Unions (BSPSh) and the Confederation of Trade Unions (KSSh).
John Marius Trana was a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Labour Party. He chaired the Norwegian Union of Railway Workers from 1945 to 1963, and served as a deputy representative in the Norwegian Parliament.
The Ministry of Employment and Labor announced on December 30 2021 that as of 2020, 14.2% of workers were in trade unions in South Korea, a 1.7% increase from 12.5% in 2019. Korea's unionization rate peaked in 1989 at 19.8% and fell to 10% 2004.
LO Stat is one of two bargaining structures within the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO). LO Stat is the counterpart in negotiations over state employees' wages and conditions with the government and the employer's organisation, Spekter.
Esther Marie Kostøl was a Norwegian trade union leader. She worked for the Norwegian Civil Servants' Association in 1977, and for the Civil Servants' Cartel from 1978 to 1985. She was secretary for the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions from 1985 to 1989 and deputy chair from 1989 to 1997. In 1997, she sat in the Norwegian Nobel Committee.
The Confederation of Free Trade Unions of India is a trade union confederation in India. N. Kanaka Rao is the general secretary of CFTUI. CFTUI became a full member of the World Confederation of Labour in 1999. In 2003 the then CFTUI president Ashok Kumar Trivedi was assassinated.
The Graphics Federation was a trade union representing workers in the graphics and printing industries in Denmark.
The Danish Lithographers' Union was a trade union representing printers in Denmark.
Trade unions in Norway first emerged with the efforts of Marcus Thrane and the formation of the Drammen Labour Union in 1848 which organised agricultural workers and crofters. However, with Thrane's imprisonment and the suppression of the union in 1855, it was not until 1872 before a union was founded again, by print workers. In 1899 the first national federation, the LO, was founded. During this period interactions with trade unions in Denmark and Sweden played a great influence over the development of trade unions in Norway.
The Danish Bookbinders' and Stationers' Union was a trade union representing bookbinders and workers involved in making stationery in Denmark.
The Romanian IT Union is Romania's first trade union for people working in the IT and outsourcing sector. It represents 3,000 workers at four different firms; Nokia, Wipro, Accenture and Atos.
