NITO
Encyclopedia
The Norwegian Society of Engineers and Technologists (NITO) is the largest union
in engineering
in Norway
with approximately 64,000 members. NITO has 21 regional branches covering the country and over 2,000 local clubs and shop stewards. Most of the working members are affiliated to a local club. The local clubs or workshops are organisationally placed directly under the regional branches. With a few exceptions the branches follow Norway’s county borders.
NITO was established in 1936 and is an independent, non-affiliated, and non-political union.
NITO is led by a Board of Representatives. The daily work of the union is carried out by shop stewards and elected union representatives at different organisational levels; by the secretariat and main office in Oslo
, consisting of the General Secretary and 75 employees; and by the 23 employees who run the branch offices.
The member spread is as follows:
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 engineering
Engineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
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...
with approximately 64,000 members. NITO has 21 regional branches covering the country and over 2,000 local clubs and shop stewards. Most of the working members are affiliated to a local club. The local clubs or workshops are organisationally placed directly under the regional branches. With a few exceptions the branches follow Norway’s county borders.
NITO was established in 1936 and is an independent, non-affiliated, and non-political union.
NITO is led by a Board of Representatives. The daily work of the union is carried out by shop stewards and elected union representatives at different organisational levels; by the secretariat and main office in Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
, consisting of the General Secretary and 75 employees; and by the 23 employees who run the branch offices.
The member spread is as follows:
- Private sector: approximately 25,200
- Local and county authorities, local electricity boards: approximately 5,700
- NAVO Health sector: approximately 4,600
- Civil Service: approximately 4,300
- NAVO: approximately 1,100
- Self-employed approximately 600
- Pensioners: approximately 5,800
- Student members: approximately 5,200
- Others: approximately 1,050