Fagforbundet is presented at the Poster Session among 187 other posters. During the poster session there is a lot of people passing by, and some of them stop at our poster and ask questions about a trade unions purpose. It is really fun to explain the nordic model, and the Norwegian way of cooperate with the government, the employers and the trade unions. Most people are curious and friendly, but there are also someone who doesn’t appreciate the unions. At IFLA we are beeing reminded that the Norwegian way of doing things are not the most common way.
We are very happy every time we manage to inspire people to contact their own union, if they are members, or to be a member of an union in their home country. Our opinion is that the unions and the libraries have common interest in both strong libraries and strong unions.