Roar Flåthen is a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the for the Norwegian Labour Party

Norwegian Labour Party

The Labour Party is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is the senior partner in the current Norwegian government as part of the Red-Green Coalition, and its leader, Jens Stoltenberg, is the current Prime Minister of Norway....

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He is the current leader of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions

Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions

The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions is a national trade union center, decidedly the largest and probably the most influential umbrella organization of labour unions in Norway. The 21 national unions affiliated to the LO have more than 850,000 members of a Norwegian population of 4.8 million...

. He became the leader after Gerd-Liv Valla

Gerd-Liv Valla

Gerd-Liv Valla was the leader of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions . She took over in 2001 and resigned in 2007. In 1997 she was the Norwegian Minister of Justice....

 resigned on 9 March, 2007 in the aftermath of the Valla scandal.

He has also represented her organization in the National Wages Board

National Wages Board

The National Wages Board is a Norwegian body for resolving labour disputes.Its task is to perform a compulsory arbitration when negotiations of parties in Norwegian working life stall, and if the conflict has "consequences for life or health, or has other seriously damaging effects on society"...

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As a politician he served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Buskerud

Buskerud

is a county in Norway, bordering Akershus, Oslo, Oppland, Sogn og Fjordane, Hordaland, Telemark, and Vestfold. The county administration is located in Drammen.-Geography:...

during the term 1985–1989.