Norwegian Post and Communications Union

{{Short description|Trade union for postal workers in Norway}}

{{Infobox union

|name = Norwegian Post and Communications Union

|abbreviation = POSTKOM

|native_name = Norsk Post og Kommunikasjonsforbund

|native_name_lang = no

|location_country= Norway

|affiliation = LO

|members =16,756 (2019){{cite web |title=03546: Hovudsamanslutningane for arbeidstakarar og andre landsomfattande arbeidstakarorganisasjonar. Medlemer per 31. desember, etter Landsforening, statistikkvariabel og år |url=https://www.ssb.no/statbank/table/03546/tableViewLayout1/?rxid=a028d1a4-e810-439b-a7de-532f7556dae0 |website=Statistics Norway |accessdate=6 November 2020}}

|image = POSTKOM logo.png

|founded = 2000

|dissolved = 1 January 2020

|merged = Norwegian Union of Municipal and General Employees

|headquarters = Oslo, Norway

|key_people = Odd Christian Øverland, president

|website = {{URL|postkom.org}}

|footnotes =

}}

The Norwegian Post and Communications Union ({{langx|no|Norsk Post- og Kommunikasjonsforbund}}, POSTKOM) was a trade union representing workers in the postal and telecommunication sectors in Norway.

The union was formed in 2000 by the merger of the Norwegian Post Organisation and the Norwegian Union of Postmen. Like both its predecessors, it affiliated to the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO).{{cite book | year = 2005 | title = Trade Unions of the World | editor = ICTUR | editor-link = International Centre for Trade Union Rights |display-editors=etal | edition = 6th | publisher = John Harper Publishing | location = London, UK | isbn = 0-9543811-5-7}}

On 1 January 2020, the union merged into the Norwegian Union of Municipal and General Employees.{{cite web |title=Postkom går inn i Fagforbundet |url=https://www.fagforbundet.no/nyheter/a/10186/postkom-gar-inn-i-fagforbundet/ |website=Fagforbundet |accessdate=8 November 2020}} Throughout its history, the union was led by president Odd Christian Øverland.{{cite news |last1=Jansen |first1=Merete |title=Én gang har han mistet besinnelsen. Les avskjedsintervjuet med Postkom-leder Odd Chr. Øverland |url=https://frifagbevegelse.no/aktuell/n-gang-har-han-mistet-besinnelsen-les-avskjedsintervjuet-med-postkomleder-odd-chr-overland-6.469.677964.076f970638 |accessdate=8 November 2020 |work=FriFagbevegelse |date=7 February 2020}}

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