Norwegian Union of Shoe Makers

The Norwegian Union of Shoe Makers (Norwegian: Norsk Skotøyarbeiderforbund) was a trade union representing workers in the shoe manufacturing industry in Norway.

The union was founded in 1890, and affiliated to the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions.[1] By 1963, it had 3,833 members.[2] In 1969, it merged with the Norwegian Union of Clothing Workers and the Norwegian Union of Textile Workers, forming the Garment Workers' Union.[3]

  1. ^ Beretning for aaret. Oslo: Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions. 1924.
  2. ^ Directory of Labor Organizations: Europe. Vol. 2. Washington DC: United States Department of Labor. 1965. p. 21.1–21.18.
  3. ^ Ebbinghaus, Bernhard; Visser, Jelle (2000). Trade Unions in Western Europe Since 1945. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 522. ISBN 0333771125.