Next week, Eggum is scheduled for election as a new leader in LO, a position he has for a long time been a big favorite to get. Communications Manager Bettina Thorvik in the Fellesforbundet, who is LO’s largest in the private sector and is led by Jørn Eggum, answers cash no to questions about whether Eggum has broken the association’s ethical rules. news has also asked if the LO summit showed poor judgment when he first initiated the relationship and which he then kept hidden. – The Federal Board of the Fellesforbundet was clear in today’s federal board meeting that they believe Eggum should have informed about their previous relationship with Solberg. At the same time, they expressed confidence in Eggum, Thorvik replies. Guidelines: Jørn Eggum did not break the rules of the Fellesforbundet, according to Communications Manager Bettina Thorvik. Photo: Jonas Been Henriksen / NTB – Has Eggum had relationships with other people in the Fellesforbundet? – Not as I know, says Thorvik. – What do the Fellesforbundet’s guidelines say about such cases? – Intimate matters between union representatives are not discussed in the Fellesforbundet’s ethical guidelines. Today it became clear that Jørn Eggum cancel his program for May 1. He will thus not speak in Sarpsborg, Halden or Fredrikstad on the workers’ international match day. -He does not come to Fredrikstad, says LO secretary in Fredrikstad Anett Helén Evensen to news. – The county secretary has confirmed that Jørn Eggum is not coming, says Vegard exists, leader Sarpsborg Ap. Own point LO is the country’s largest employee organization with over one million members. Some of the total 23 LO associations have only a few hundred members. The largest, namely the Trade Union, has 400,000 members. Eggum has been one of the most powerful players in the Norwegian trade union movement for a number of years. He also sits on the Labor Party’s central board. Working, sexual harassment and buying sexual services are referred to as a separate point in the Fellesforbundet’s ethical regulations. There is zero tolerance for bullying and harassment, including unwanted sexual attention, and the purchase of sexual services, it says. – The principle program states that “sexual harassment and all other forms of expression that do not respect the rights of the individual must not be accepted”. CONDITIONS: Merethe Solberg had a relationship with Jørn Eggum for several years. Photo: Nadir Alam / news Unclear if top job Eggum has been a big favorite to become a new LO leader. But after the disclosures of TV 2 this week, skepticism has joined the LO system. The background is information that Eggum has had a relationship with the subordinate trust woman Merethe Solberg in the Fellesforbundet, and that he personally got a clear signal to get involved in the process of a final agreement with her. The nomination committee is chaired by the trade union leader Mette Nord. The setting for a new LO management will be presented on Thursday. The Joint Federation’s communications manager Bettina Thorvik answers this to questions about whether Eggum should be chosen for a new LO leader. -It is up to the election committee in LO and the LO congress to decide. The Nomination Committee: Mette Nord comes up with its recommendation for a new LO management first in a week. Photo: Peder Bergholt / news Published 30.04.2025, at. 13.16 Updated 30.04.2025, at. 13.24
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