Founded 17 January 1977 Affiliation ITUC, ETUC, NFS, TUAC | Members 215,000 | |
Full name Confederation of Vocational Unions Native name Yrkesorganisasjonenes Sentralforbund Key people President Jorunn Berland | ||
The Confederation of Vocational Unions (Norwegian: Yrkesorganisasjonenes Sentralforbund, YS) is a national trade union center, an umbrella organization of labour unions in Norway.
It was established in 1977 as a non-partisan alternative to the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO). As at 2009 it had about 215,000 members. It is a member body of 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.
Leaders have been Egil Sandberg (1977–1981), Eldri Langåker (1981–1986), Gunnar Caspersen (acting, 1986–1987), Jan Andersen-Gott (1987–1993), Eva Bjøreng (1993–1996), Randi Bjørgen (1996–2006), Tore Eugen Kvalheim (2006–2013) and Jorunn Berland (2013–present).