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Confederation Of Vocational Unions
The Confederation of Vocational Unions (, YS) is a national trade union center, an umbrella organization of trade union, labour unions in Norway. It was established in 1977 as a non-partisan alternative to the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO). It is affiliated to the International Trade Union Confederation, the European Trade Union Confederation, the Council of Nordic Trade Unions and the Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD. Affiliates Presidents :1977: Egil Sandberg :1981: Eldri Langåker :1986: Gunnar Caspersen (acting) :1987: Jan Andersen-Gott :1993: Eva Bjøreng :1996: Randi Bjørgen :2006: Tore Eugen Kvalheim :2013: Jorunn Berland References Confederation of Vocational Unions, Trade unions established in 1977 Supraorganizations Organisations based in Oslo Trade unions in Norway {{Europe-trade-union-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Trade Union Confederation
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC; ; ; ) is the world's largest trade union federation. History The federation was formed on 1 November 2006 out of the merger of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) and the World Confederation of Labour (WCL). The Founding Congress of the ITUC was held in Vienna and was preceded by the dissolution congresses of both the ICFTU and the WCL. The ITUC has three main regional organizations: the ITUC-Asia Pacific, Asia-Pacific Regional Organization, the Trade Union Confederation of the Americas, and the ITUC-Africa, African Regional Organisation. The Trade Union Development Cooperation Network (TUDCN) is an initiative of the ITUC whose main objective is to bring the trade union perspective into international development policy debates and improve the coordination and effectiveness of trade union development cooperation activities. The ITUC represents 207 million workers through its 331 affiliated organizatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eldri Langåker
Eldri Langåker (born 3 March 1944) is a Norwegian trade unionist. She worked in Televerket from 1962 to 1987, but had a long trade union career. From 1973 to 1979 she was deputy leader of the trade union Kvinnelige Telegraf- og Telefonfunksjonærers Landsforening, and from 1979 to 1981 she was the leader. She led the Confederation of Vocational Unions from 1981 to 1986. Since then she has worked in Oslo Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022 ... municipality. References 1944 births Living people Trade unionists from Oslo {{Norway-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trade Unions Established In 1977
Trade involves the transfer of goods and services from one person or entity to another, often in exchange for money. Economists refer to a system or network that allows trade as a market. Traders generally negotiate through a medium of credit or exchange, such as money. Though some economists characterize barter (i.e. trading things without the use of money) as an early form of trade, money was invented before written history began. Consequently, any story of how money first developed is mostly based on conjecture and logical inference. Letters of credit, paper money, and non-physical money have greatly simplified and promoted trade as buying can be separated from selling, or earning. Trade between two traders is called bilateral trade, while trade involving more than two traders is called multilateral trade. In one modern view, trade exists due to specialization and the division of labor, a predominant form of economic activity in which individuals and groups concentrat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Confederation Of Vocational Unions
The Confederation of Vocational Unions (, YS) is a national trade union center, an umbrella organization of trade union, labour unions in Norway. It was established in 1977 as a non-partisan alternative to the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO). It is affiliated to the International Trade Union Confederation, the European Trade Union Confederation, the Council of Nordic Trade Unions and the Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD. Affiliates Presidents :1977: Egil Sandberg :1981: Eldri Langåker :1986: Gunnar Caspersen (acting) :1987: Jan Andersen-Gott :1993: Eva Bjøreng :1996: Randi Bjørgen :2006: Tore Eugen Kvalheim :2013: Jorunn Berland References Confederation of Vocational Unions, Trade unions established in 1977 Supraorganizations Organisations based in Oslo Trade unions in Norway {{Europe-trade-union-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tore Eugen Kvalheim
Tore Eugen Kvalheim (born 4 March 1959) is a Norwegian trade unionist. An infantry captain in the Norwegian Army, he became chief of negotiation in the trade union Norwegian Military Officers' Association. In 2001 he became leader of ''YS Stat'', the division for state employees in the Confederation of Vocational Unions. He also became deputy leader, and in 2006 leader of the Confederation of Vocational Unions. He resigned in 2013 to become director of the employers' association An employers' organization or employers' association is a collective organization of manufacturers, retailers, or other employers of wage labor. Employers' organizations seek to coordinate the behavior of their member companies in matters of mutua ... Spekter. References 1959 births Living people Norwegian trade unionists Norwegian Army personnel {{Norway-activist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randi Bjørgen
Randi Bjørgen (born 27 June 1947) is a Norwegian trade unionist. A biological engineer by profession, she led the Kommunale Funksjonærers Landsforbund from 1987 to 1996, and from 1996 to 2006 she led the Confederation of Vocational Unions The Confederation of Vocational Unions (, YS) is a national trade union center, an umbrella organization of trade union, labour unions in Norway. It was established in 1977 as a non-partisan alternative to the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Uni .... References 1947 births Living people Norwegian trade unionists Place of birth missing (living people) {{Norway-activist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Store Norske Leksikon
The ''Great Norwegian Encyclopedia'' (, abbreviated ''SNL'') is a Norwegian-language online encyclopedia. It has several subdivisions, including the Norsk biografisk leksikon. The online encyclopedia is among the most-read Norwegian published sites, with up to 3.5 million unique visitors per month. Paper editions (1978–2007) The ''SNL'' was created in 1978, when the two publishing houses Aschehoug and Gyldendal merged their encyclopedias and created the company Kunnskapsforlaget. Up until 1978 the two publishing houses of Aschehoug and Gyldendal, Norway's two largest, had published ' and ', respectively. The respective first editions were published in 1906–1913 (Aschehoug) and 1933–1934 (Gyldendal). The slump in sales of paper-based encyclopedias around the turn of the 21st century hit Kunnskapsforlaget hard, but a fourth edition of the paper encyclopedia was secured by a grant of ten million Norwegian kroner from the foundation Fritt Ord in 2003. The f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Bjøreng
Eva Bjøreng (born 23 January 1953) is a Norwegian trade unionist. She was born in Notodden. She started her career in banking, became a union representative in Kreditkassen and became a leading figure in the Finance Sector Union of Norway. From 1993 to 1996 she led the Confederation of Vocational Unions, and from 1996 to 1998 she was director of training in the same organization. She was then information director in the Norwegian Hospitality Association from 1998 to 2001, and secretary-general of Norwegian People's Aid Norwegian People's Aid () was founded in 1939 to provide post-conflict reconstruction assistance and humanitarian relief during conflicts. NPA is now engaged in more than 33 countries in de-mining, Humanitarian aid, humanitarian relief, promotin ... from 2001. References 1941 births Living people People from Notodden Norwegian trade unionists {{Norway-activist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian News Agency
The Norwegian News Agency (; abbreviated NTB) is a Norwegian press agency and wire service that serves most of the largest Norwegian media outlets. The agency is located in Oslo and has bureaus in Brussels in Belgium and Tromsø in northern Norway. NTB operates 24 hours a day, with the night service handled from a bureau in Sydney, Australia since 2015. The photo agency Scanpix is a wholly owned subsidiary of NTB. History and profile NTB was established in 1867. In the early years it was privately owned. After World War I, the agency was acquired by AS Norsk Telegrambyrå, a limited company owned by a group of newspapers. Images have been part of their news services since 1932. It is closely held by large media corporations, including Edda Media (26.1%), Schibsted (20.6%), A-Pressen (20.5%), the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (10.5%), Adresseavisen (; commonly known as ''Adressa'') is a regional newspaper published daily, except Sundays, in Trondheim, Norway. The paper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Andersen-Gott
Jan Andersen-Gott (born 5 October 1941) is a Norwegian naval officer and trade unionist. He was born in Vågå,Oppland, and lives at Jarmyra. He took his education at the Norwegian Naval Academy and the ''Sjøforsvarets stabsskole'', worked as an active naval Commander before being secretary of Sjømilitære Samfund and the naval officers' trade union. From 1987 to 1993 he led the Confederation of Vocational Unions. He then worked in the Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities The Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities () is an employers' organisation in Norway. It was founded in 1972 as a merger between the Union of Norwegian Cities (''Norges Byforbund'', founded in 1903) and the Norwegian Associati .... References 1941 births Living people People from Vågå Royal Norwegian Naval Academy alumni Royal Norwegian Navy personnel Norwegian trade union leaders {{Norway-activist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunnar Caspersen
Gunnar Caspersen (1932/1933 – 8 February 2000) was a Norwegian trade unionist. He started his career as a union representative in the bank Den norske Creditbank, and became informational secretary in Norske Bankfunksjonærers Forbund in 1965. In 1979 he became secretary-general. He was deputy leader of the Confederation of Vocational Unions The Confederation of Vocational Unions (, YS) is a national trade union center, an umbrella organization of trade union, labour unions in Norway. It was established in 1977 as a non-partisan alternative to the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Uni ... from 1979 to 1985, and leader from 1986 to 1987. In 1995 he became an honorary member of the Finance Sector Union of Norway. He died in February 2000. References 1930s births 2000 deaths Norwegian trade unionists {{worker-activist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
