Tag: Labour
Transport and cleaning strikes spread
There's likely to be fewer goods on retailers' shelves, far fewer deliveries of all kinds, and dirtier offices and public areas in Norway this...
Unemployment rate ‘artificially low’
Norway has been boasting the lowest unemployment rate in Europe for months, but researchers now suggest the real numbers of Norwegians out of work...
Couple charged with au pair abuse
A Norwegian couple living on Oslo's affluent west side has been charged with exploiting and sexually abusing two young women from the Philippines, who...
Festive May Day despite chilly rain
Thousands of champions of Norway's social welfare state defied cold, wet weather on Saturday to march through the streets and celebrate the working folks....
Building branch goes back to work
A strike by construction workers ended over the weekend, with both sides saying they hope to build up more cooperation between union members and...
Strike caught most by surprise
Activity ceased at construction sites all over Norway on Wednesday, after 19,000 workers in the building trades were called out on strike. The strike...
Construction workers go on strike
Around 19,000 construction workers were called out on strike early Tuesday, after negotiations broke down between their union and the Norwegian building trades employers'...
Major strike averted
A major strike that could have pulled thousands of workers off the job at industrial companies all over Norway was averted on Sunday, after...
Labour quarrels over Lofoten
The Oslo chapter of the Norwegian Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) sent a clear signal over the weekend that it opposes any form of oil and...
Bjurstrøm takes over labour ministry
Hanne Bjurstrøm, who's been leading Norway's international climate negotiations for the past two years, came home from the UN climate conference in Copenhagen to...
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