Statistics Norway

Associations of wage earners and employer associations

1   Central organizations and other nation-wide associations for wage earners. Members per 31 December
  2003 2004 2005 2006
Associations of wage earners, total 1 508 412 1 510 633 1 517 442 1 547 365
         
The Norwegian Federation of Trade Unions  838 749  831 464  822 629  834 221
Of which        
Norwegian Union of Municipal and General Employees  286 651  289 575  285 664  289 954
The United Federation of Trade Unions  137 960  133 745  132 167  147 750
Norwegian Union of Employees in Commerce and Offices 59 650 59 943 60 399 61 442
Norwegian Union of Government Employees 46 718 46 729 46 398 46 530
Electrician and IT Workers Union 37 056 36 517 36 336 36 934
Norwegian Union of General Workers 30 998 29 872 30 037 31 064
Norwegian National Union of Food, Beverages and Tobacco Workers 32 507 31 903 30 937 30 262
Norwegian Union of Chemical Industry Workers 27 042 26 152 25 584 24 976
Norwegian Posto- and Communication Union 27 609 24 650 22 730 22 161
Confederation of Vocational Unions  201 552  200 610  201 713  206 361
Of which        
Norwegian Confederation of Municipal Employees 55 483 56 145 58 147 59 171
Finance Sector Union - Norway 36 063 35 774 35 698 35 760
Parat . . 26 031 26 618
Negotia3 . . . 17 208
Norwegian Association of Salaried Employees -The Communication Union3 . . 17 357 .
Norwegian Association of Salaried Employees 15 064 14 768 . .
2fo 14 239 14 631 . .
Confederation of Employees in Private Sector 11 861 11 955 . .
Yrkestrafikkforbundet3 . . 9 344 9 771
The Military Officers' Association 10 200 9 598 9 921 9 681
STAFO 10 581 7 372 7 205 7 153
The Confederation of Unions for Professionals, Norway  232 016  237 671  244 253  267 748
Of which        
Union of Education Norway  133 913  136 151  140 037  142 367
Nurses' Association 73 689 76 980 79 242 81 954
Norwegian Association of Research Workers2 . . . 15 348
Norwegian Police Federation 10 500 10 748 11 011 11 249
Norwegian Physiotherapist Association 8 611 8 256 8 240 8 235
Federation of Norwegian Professional Association  132 756  138 563  142 937  131 005
Of which        
Norwegian Society of Chartered Technical Scientific Proffesional 40 562 42 242 44 187 46 387
The Norwegian Medical Association 21 530 22 364 23 133 23 917
Association of Norwegian Lawyers 14 634 15 092 15 603 16 362
The Norwegian Federation of Business Economists 13 780 14 229 14 595 14 650
Norwegian Association of Research Workers2 13 647 14 430 14 500 .
Association of Social Scientists 4 573 5 063 5 424 5 734
The Norwegian Psychological Association 4 594 4 846 5 113 5 465
The Norwegian Dental Association 5 318 5 441 5 201 5 298
The Norwegian Association of Agricultural Graduates 4 435 4 491 4 610 4 673
Other associations of wage earners1  103 339  102 325  105 910  108 030
Of which        
Norwegian Society of Engineers 50 092 51 416 53 508 56 500
Norwegian Association of Supervisors & Managers 12 285 12 002 12 155 12 274
Norwegian Union of Journalists 8 555 8 770 8 943 9 200
Norwegian Maritime Officers' Association 7 781 7 693 7 520 7 718
1  Includes both wage earners and self-employeed.
2  Member of the Confederation of Unions for Professionals, Norway from 2006.
3  During 2006 Norwegian Association of Salaried Employees -The Communication Union were merged to Negotia.
Source: Associations for wage earners and employer associations, Statistics Norway.

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