The Council of Nordic Trade Unions (NFS) is a regional trade union federation. It represents 9 million members from 16 national trade unions in the Nordic countries of Europe. It was founded in 1972, and has close ties with the Baltic Sea Trade Union Network (BASTUN). The main task of NFS is to co-ordinate trade union activities in the Nordic countries, particularly with regard to employment, economic policy and different social issues. General Secretary, since 2014, is Magnus Gissler.
Affiliates Affiliate Abbreviation Country Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions SAK Finland Confederation of State and Municipal Employees of Iceland BSRB IcelandConfederation of Unions for Professionals UNIO Norway Confederation of Vocational Unions YS Norway Danish Confederation of Professional Associations AC Denmark Danish Trade Union Confederation FH Denmark Finnish Confederation of Professionals STTK Finland Icelandic Confederation of Labour ASÍ Iceland Icelandic Confederation of University Graduates BHM Iceland Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions LO Norway Samtak Samtak Faroe Islands National Confederation of Trade Unions of Greenland SIK Greenland Swedish Confederation of Professional Associations SACO Sweden Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees TCO Sweden Swedish Trade Union Confederation LO Sweden
General Secretaries 1981: John Svenningsen 1989: Sune Ahlen 2000: Tom Saxén 2011: Loa Brynjulfsdottir 2013: Christina Colclough 2014: Magnus Gissler
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