Norwegian Civil Service Union

The Norwegian Civil Service Union (Norwegian: Norsk Tjenestemannslag, NTL) is a trade union representing civil servants in Norway.

NTL
Full nameNorwegian Civil Service Union
Native nameNorsk Tjenestemannslag
Founded1 November 1947
Members50,000
AffiliationLO, PSI
Key peopleJohn Leirvaag, president
Office locationOslo, Norway
CountryNorway
Websitewww.ntl.no
Members of the Norwegian trade union Norsk Tjenestemannslag (The Norwegian Civil Service Union) during a strike in 2012.

The union was founded on 1 November 1947 and affiliated to the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions. By the end of the year, it had 800 members, but by 1965, this had grown to 25,000, making the largest union of civil servants in the country.[1] Its membership is now more than 50,000.[2]

Presidents

1947: Reidar Gigernes
1950: Thorvald Karlsen
1978: Dagfinn Habberstad
1988: Jan Werner Hansen
1998: Turid Lilleheie
2010: John Leirvaag
2018: Kjersti Barsok

References

  1. Hanssen, Nina (17 November 2017). "Til tjeneste i 70 år - Historien om Norsk Tjenestemannslag". FriFagbevegelse. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  2. ICTUR; et al., eds. (2005). Trade Unions of the World (6th ed.). London, UK: John Harper Publishing. ISBN 0-9543811-5-7.
  • NTL official site.


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