Samtak is a

national trade union centre Organizers within trade unions have sought to increase the bargaining power of workers in regards to collective bargaining by acting in collaboration with other trade unions. Multi-union organizing can take place on an informal basis, or on a ...

for the

Faroe Islands The Faroe Islands ( ) (alt. the Faroes) are an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean and an autonomous territory of the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark. Located between Iceland, Norway, and the United Kingdom, the islands have a populat ...

. The federation was established in 2006 by Sonja Jógvansdóttir, who remains its co-ordinator. The federation has four affiliates, with a total of about 5,600 members, and it is affiliated to the

Council of Nordic Trade Unions The Council of Nordic Trade Unions (NFS) is a regional trade union federation. It represents 9 million members from 16 national trade unions in the Nordic countries of Europe. It was founded in 1972, and has close ties with the Baltic Sea Trade Un ...

. The affiliates of Samtak are: * Faroe Islands Workers' Association * Faroe Islands Fishers' Association * Klaksvik Workers' Association * Klaksvik Working Women's Association The Torshavn Workers' Association was formerly affiliated to the federation.

External links

*{{official website, www.samtak.fo

References

Trade unions in the Faroe Islands Faroe Island Trade unions established in 2006 National federations of trade unions Organizations based in the Faroe Islands 2006 establishments in the Faroe Islands