The Norwegian Union of Municipal and General Employees () is a

trade union A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages ...

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

. It has a membership of over 400,000 and is affiliated with the

Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (, LO) 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 almo ...

(LO). It was founded in 2003 as a merger of the Norwegian Union of Municipal Employees and the Norwegian Association of Health and Social Care Personnel. In 2020, it was joined by the

Norwegian Post and Communications Union The Norwegian Post and Communications Union (, POSTKOM) was a trade union representing workers in the postal and telecommunication sectors in Norway. The union was formed in 2000 by the merger of the Norwegian Post Organisation and the Norwegi ...

Presidents

:2003:

Jan Davidsen Jan Davidsen (born 24 July 1950) is a Norwegian trade unionist. He is a firefighter by vocation and worked as such in Bergen. He was elected to the leadership in the Norwegian Union of Municipal Employees in 1985, became deputy leader in 1990 and ...

:2013:

Mette Nord Mette Nord (born 14 January 1959) is a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Labour Party (Norway), Labour Party. She hails from Porsgrunn. She is a licensed practical nurse, practical nurse by vocation, and became leader of the Telema ...

References

Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions Trade unions established in 2003 {{Europe-trade-union-stub