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Trade union members and strikes
The statistics show the number of trade union members, members in employers’ associations and work stoppages (strikes and lockouts). It is based on voluntary reporting from the trade unions and the employers’ associations.
Selected figures from this statistics
- Strikes and lockoutsDownload table as ...Strikes and lockouts
2021 2022 2023 Change in the last two years Work stoppages 12 5 5 -7 Wage earners in work stoppages 23 997 13 861 25 575 1 578 Working days lost 116 250 188 230 75 350 -40 900 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Members of trade union organisationsDownload table as ...Members of trade union organisations
2021 2022 2023 Change in the last year1 All associations of wage earners 1 972 868 2 017 266 2 061 332 44 066 The Norwegian Federation of Trade Unions 978 338 992 763 1 007 451 14 688 Confederation of Vocational Unions 230 348 235 649 243 317 7 668 Confederation of Unions for Professionals 388 220 396 330 398 201 1 871 Federation of Norwegian Professional Associations 243 293 255 006 265 424 10 418 Other associations of wage earners 132 669 137 518 146 939 9 421 1It varies somewhat from year to year which trade unions respond to the survey, especially when it comes to those that are not affiliated with any of the four major main federations. Change in figures for the group "Other associations of wage earners" must therefore be interpreted with caution. Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ...
About the statistics
The information under «About the statistics» was last updated 18 December 2023.
Employers' associations.
Employers' Associations are understood as associations that assist their members in wage agreements and wage negotiations. Organizations that limit their activities to questions of a purely professional nature are not included in the statistics.
Trade union organizations.
Nation-wide associations for wage earners that assist their members in wage agreements and wage negotiations. Organizations that limit their activities to questions of a purely professional nature are not included in the statistics. The number of members of nation-wide associations for wage earners includes all registered members and includes non-working students, pensioners etc.
Employees in the employers' associations enterprises.
The number of employees in the enterprises includes all employees regardless when during the year they are employed.
Members of trade union organizations.
The number of members of nation-wide associations for wage earners includes all registered members and includes non-working students, pensioners etc. at the end of the year.
Work stoppages.
The statistics on labour disputes or work stoppages of at least one day's duration per year is computed from the number of trade union federations or confederations that have had groups of employees involved in a work stoppage. Strikes that are discontinued and later resumed for the same reason count as one strike unless the interruption lasts more than two months. A dispute resumed after more than two months counts as a new strike. A dispute that occurs one year and continues in the next is included in both years, i.e. it is counted as two strikes. There are two types of work stoppages, strike or lock-out. A work stoppage defines as a temporary work stoppage by a group of employees (strike) or one or several employers (lock-out) to force a demand. The following types of strikes are covered: legal strikes, illegal strikes, sympathy strikes, political or protest strikes, general strikes, work stoppages started by employees and rotating strikes. A Lockout is the employer's response to strikes. A lockout implies that workers are excluded from work until the parties have agreed on how to resolve the discrepancy.
Wage earners
Numbers of wage earners who are involved in work stoppages means permanent employees, temporary employees, seasonal workers and part-time employees. A part-time employee is counted as full-time employee. Employees there are absent from work owing to illness or are on sick-leave and unpaid family members are not included in the statistics.
The duration of a conflict is measured by the number of lost working days. Taking into account that not all strikers would have been at work every day of the week during the conflict, the number of lost working days is multiplied by 5/7. This is considered to give a better estimate of lost working days, because not all strike days is counted as lost working days. Prior to 2018, this correction was not applied, and the number of assumed working days per week for the relevant group in the conflict was used to calculate lost working days, without further corrections.
Industry is coded according to the Standard Industrial Classification, SIC2007.