Norwegian Union of Chemical Industry Workers

The Norwegian Union of Chemical Industry Workers (Norwegian: Norsk Kjemisk Industriarbeiderforbund, NKIF) was a trade union representing workers in the chemical industry in Norway.

NKIF
Full nameNorwegian Union of Chemical Industry Workers
Native nameNorsk Kjemisk Industriarbeiderforbund
Founded1 January 1924
Date dissolved2006
Merged intoIndustri Energi
Members32,000
AffiliationLO
Key peopleOlaf Støylen, president
Office locationOslo, Norway
CountryNorway
Websitewww.nkif.no

The union was founded in 1924, as a split from the Norwegian Union of General Workers.[1] It affiliated with the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO). By 1996, it had 32,031 members.[2]

In 2006, the union merged with the Norwegian Oil and Petrochemical Union, to form Industri Energi.[3]

Presidents

1924: Halfdan Jønsson
1934:
1945: Karsten Torkildsen
1963: Anker Nordtvedt
1967:
1973: Håkon A. Ødegaard
1978: Arthur Svensson
1995: Olaf Støylen

References

  1. "Tolv anleggsarbeidere stiftet Arbeidsmandsforbundet for 125 år siden. En ting var felles for alle som ble med". Frifagbevegelse. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  2. Ebbinghaus, Bernhard; Visser, Jelle (2000). Trade Unions in Western Europe Since 1945. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 522. ISBN 0333771125.
  3. "Industri Energi the Result of NOPEF, Norsk Kjemisk Merger in Norway". IndustriALL. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
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