title: Campaign for the Welfare State
text: # Campaign for the Welfare State
  
  The Campaign for the Welfare State (Norwegian: For velferdsstaten) is a progressive public policy advocacy organization and think tank in Norway, founded in 1999 by six trade unions to promote the welfare state as a political system and associated policies, and to oppose economic liberalism and privatization and strengthen democratic control of the society's resources in particular. It is a broad alliance of 23 trade unions and other organizations representing 1 million members (out of a population of 5 million). Its director is Asbjørn Wahl. The organization organizes the annual Welfare Conference (Velferdskonferansen). Its offices are housed by the Norwegian Union of Municipal and General Employees.
  
  ## Members
  
  The following national trade unions and associations are members of the organization:
  
  * Arbeidssøkerforbundet
  * El&IT-forbundet
  * Norwegian Union of Municipal and General Employees
  * Norwegian Union of Social Educators and Social Workers
  * FO-studentene
  * Union of Employees in Commerce and Offices
  * Industri Energi
  * LO Kommune
  * Kvinnefronten
  * Kvinnegruppa Ottar
  * Landsutvalget for Udelt og Fådelt Skole
  * Norwegian Farmers and Smallholders Union
  * Norsk Fengsels- og Friomsorgsforbund
  * Norsk Folkehøgskolelag
  * Norsk Lokomotivmannsforbund
  * Norsk Pensjonistforbund
  * Norwegian Civil Service Union
  * Norwegian Transport Workers' Union
  * SAFE
  * Skolenes Landsforbund
  * Tyrilistiftelsen
  * Union of Education Norway
  * The Welfare Alliance
  