Confederation of Vocational Unions

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YS
Confederation of Vocational Unions
Yrkesorganisasjonenes Sentralforbund

Founded	17 January 1977
Headquarters	Oslo, Norway
Members	225,794 (2019)
Key people	President Jorunn Berland
Affiliations	ITUC, ETUC, NFS, TUAC
Website	www.ys.no

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). 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.

Affiliates

Union	Membership (2022)
Association of School Leaders	4,340
AVYO
Norwegian Public Sector Trade Union (Delta)	94,891
Finance Sector Union	33,242
Military Officers' Association	11,045
National Tax Agency Union (SkL)
Negotia	21,535
Norwegian Customs Union
Parat	41,055
Prison and Probation Service Trade Union (KY)
Professional Traffic Union	12,623
SAFE	11,399
Union of Civil Servants (STAFO)	1,773

Presidents

1977: Egil Sandberg

1981: Eldri Langåker

1986: Gunnar Caspersen (acting)

1987: Jan Andersen-Gott

1993: Eva Bjøreng

1996: Randi Bjørgen

2006: Tore Eugen Kvalheim

2013: Jorunn Berland

References

"Om YS" (in Norwegian). Confederation of Vocational Unions. Archived from the original on 8 August 2010. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
"03546: Central organisations and other nation-wide associations for wage earners. Members per 31 December by national confederation, contents and year". Statistics Norway. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
Kvalheim, Tore Eugen (16 April 2009). "Egil Sandberg (obituary)". Aftenposten (in Norwegian).
"Jubilanter". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 3 March 2004.
Kristensen, Dag Arne; Solmark, Arild (20 February 2000). "Gunnar Caspersen (obituary)". Aftenposten (in Norwegian).
"Jan Andersen-Gott 60 år 5. oktober" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 28 September 2001.
Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Eva Bjøreng". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Randi Bjørgen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 30 July 2010.

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