In Norway, 80 % of employees in the state and municipal sector (and 50 % of the total workforce) are members of a trade union. At state owned higher education and research institutions, around 80 % of the staff is organised.
Norwegian trade unions play a significant role in the system of collective bargaining, in salary negotiations, and in defending employees’ rights. The trade unions negotiate for individual salary increases for their members in the local salary negotiations at each workplace.
At each workplace, our members join together in a local branch of Forskerforbundet.
The local branch at the University of Oslo takes part in wage negotiations and co-determination at the workplace, as well as being a social gathering place for our members.