Norwegian Union of Chemical Industry Workers explained

Norwegian Union of Chemical Industry Workers
Native Name:Norsk Kjemisk Industriarbeiderforbund
Native Name Lang:no
Abbreviation:NKIF
Location Country:Norway
Affiliation:LO
Members:32,000
Founded:1 January 1924
Dissolved:2006
Merged:Industri Energi
Headquarters:Oslo, Norway

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

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

Notes and References

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