Confederation of Unions for Professionals

The Confederation of Unions for Professionals (Unio) is a national trade union centre in Norway.

This article is about national trade union centre in Norway. For genus of bivalve, see Unio (genus).
UNIO
Full nameConfederation of Unions for Professionals
Native nameUtdanningsgruppenes Hovedorganisasjon
FoundedDecember 2001
PredecessorAcademic and Professional Unions
Members375,181 (2019)[1]
Key peopleAnders Folkestad
Office locationOslo, Norway
Websitewww.unio.no

The federation was formed in 2001 by unions, most of which were formerly part of the Academic and Professional Unions.[2] It has 13 affiliated unions and is politically neutral.[3]

Affiliates
    Membership
    2018 2019 Change
    Association of Clergy n.d 2,199[4]
    Association of Tax Auditors and Accountants n.d 530[5]
    Norwegian Association of Deacons n.d 475[6]
    Norwegian Association of Researchers 22,690 22,690
    Norwegian Nurses Organisation 115,580 118,846 2.8%
    Norwegian Occupational Therapy Association 4,148 4,325 4.3%
    Norwegian Physiotherapist Association 9,935 10,100 1.7%
    Norwegian Society of Radiographers n.d 3,235[7]
    Norwegian Union of Marine Engineers 6,500 6,272[8] 3.5%
    Police Federation 17,353 17,475 0.7%
    Union of Education 178,878 181,751 1.6%
    Union of Librarians n.d 1,748[9]
    Union of University and College Graduates 4,981 5,086
    Sources: Statistics Norway,[10] Unio

    References
    1. "Trade union members and strikes". Statistics Norway. 25 March 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
    2. Bergh, Trond. Et akademisk fellesskap: Akademikernes fellesorganisasjon 1975-2001. ISBN 9788241903489.
    3. "About Unio". Unio (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 21 May 2020.
    4. Kristensen, Rolf. "Presteforeningen". Unio (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 22 May 2020.
    5. Kristensen, Rolf. "Skatterevisorenes Forening". Unio (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 22 May 2020.
    6. Kristensen, Rolf. "Det Norske Diakonforbund". Unio (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 22 May 2020.
    7. Kristensen, Rolf. "Norsk Radiografforbund". Unio (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 22 May 2020.
    8. Kristensen, Rolf. "Det norske maskinistforbund". Unio (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 22 May 2020.
    9. Kristensen, Rolf. "Bibliotekarforbundet". Unio (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 22 May 2020.
    10. "03546: Central organisations and other nation-wide associations for wage earners. Members per 31 December 2001 - 2019". Statistics Norway. Retrieved 22 May 2020.


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