Confederation of Vocational Unions

The Confederation of Vocational Unions (Norwegian: Yrkesorganisasjonenes Sentralforbund, YS) is a national trade union center, an umbrella organization of labour unions in Norway.

YS

Full name	Confederation of Vocational Unions
Native name	Yrkesorganisasjonenes Sentralforbund
Founded	17 January 1977
Members	225,794 (2019)
Affiliation	ITUC, ETUC, NFS, TUAC
Key people	President Jorunn Berland
Office location	Oslo, Norway
Website	www.ys.no

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.[1]

Affiliates

Union	Membership (2019)[2]
Association of School Leaders	3,998
AVYO
Norwegian Public Sector Trade Union (Delta)	83,786
Finance Sector Union	32,887
Military Officers' Association	10,320
National Tax Agency Union (SkL)
Negotia	21,099
Norwegian Customs Union
Parat	40,569
Prison and Probation Service Trade Union (KY)
Professional Traffic Union	11,913
SAFE	9,782
Union of Civil Servants (STAFO)	2,000

Presidents

1977: Egil Sandberg[3]

1981: Eldri Langåker[4]

1986: Gunnar Caspersen (acting)[5]

1987: Jan Andersen-Gott[6]

1993: Eva Bjøreng[7]

1996: Randi Bjørgen[8]

2006: Tore Eugen Kvalheim

2013: Jorunn Berland

References

1. "Om YS" (in Norwegian). Confederation of Vocational Unions. Archived from the original on 8 August 2010. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
2. "03546: Central organisations and other nation-wide associations for wage earners. Members per 31 December 2001 - 2019". Statistics Norway. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
3. Kvalheim, Tore Eugen (16 April 2009). "Egil Sandberg (obituary)". Aftenposten (in Norwegian).
4. "Jubilanter". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 3 March 2004.
5. Kristensen, Dag Arne; Solmark, Arild (20 February 2000). "Gunnar Caspersen (obituary)". Aftenposten (in Norwegian).
6. "Jan Andersen-Gott 60 år 5. oktober" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 28 September 2001.
7. Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Eva Bjøreng". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
8. Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Randi Bjørgen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 30 July 2010.