EL & IT Forbundet
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EL & IT Forbundet is a trade union
in Norway
. It was formed by the 1999 merger of the Electricians and Power Station Workers, and the Data and Telecommunications Workers.
EL & IT Forbundet has a membership of over 37,000 and is affiliated with the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions
(LO).
Trade union
A trade union, trades union or labor union is an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labour contracts with...
in Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. It was formed by the 1999 merger of the Electricians and Power Station Workers, and the Data and Telecommunications Workers.
EL & IT Forbundet has a membership of over 37,000 and is affiliated with the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions
Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions
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 more than 850,000 members of a Norwegian population of 4.8 million...
(LO).
External links
- EL & IT Forbundet official site.