Tag: Labour
Foreign bus invasion rolls over Norway
Norway's summer tourist season is far from over, even though most Norwegians are back in school and at work. Along with the hordes of...
Støre ‘ready’ to take over government
His Labour Party is falling in the polls and his personal popularity is low. Labour leader Jonas Gahr Støre has nonetheless confirmed that he...
May Day launched election campaigns
Thousands of Norwegians turned out all over the country for traditional workers' rallies and parades on their May 1st Labour Day holiday. Top city...
‘Real’ pay raises avert major strike
Trade union boss Hans-Christian Gabrielsen was claiming "one of the best settlements we've had for many, many years" on Monday, after employers' organization NHO...
Wage talks break down already
After just three full days of negotiations, wage talks between trade union federation LO and employers' organization NHO broke down Thursday night. That means...
Storm builds around Norway’s EU deal
Complaints from some of Norway's biggest labour organizations, combined with no small dose of Norwegian populism, have been fueling dissatisfaction over Norway's trade deal...
Two big unions merge
Leaders of two of Norway's largest labour unions have agreed to merge. Together they will represent around 160,000 workers in the transport, construction, hotel,...
Utøya aid sought as Labour toughens up
Norway's Stoltenberg family was grateful for all the flowers and impressive attendance at Labour Party patriarch Thorvald Stoltenberg's funeral last week, but they suggested...
SAS admits it sold too many seats
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has carried out the same over-sell tactics that got its arch rival Norwegian Air in big trouble last summer: selling more...
Air ambulance pilots agree to fly
The labour organization representing pilots in Norway, Norsk Flygerforbund, has reached an agreement with the new operator of the country's air ambulance service. Conflicts...
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