United Federation of Trade Unions
The United Federation of Trade Unions is a general union in Norway. With a membership of 174,985 it is the largest private sector union in the country.
History
The union is affiliated with the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions. 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
- Norwegian Union of Building Industry Workers
- Norwegian Union of Iron and Metalworkers
- Norwegian Union of Paper Industry Workers
- the Norwegian Union of Forestry and Land Workers