Tag: Labour
Settlement averts massive strike
There was a collective sigh of relief in Norway on Sunday, after the country's employers' organization NHO and two of its largest trade union...
Labour talks extended into overtime
Mediation to avoid a massive strike in Norway extended well into overtime on Sunday, postponing a walkout of roughly 35,000 employees in the private...
35,000 poised to go out on strike
Norwegians may be wise to get their hair cut, stock up on bread, wine and coffee, and brace for bus and ferry chaos next...
Labour talks fail, strike threatened
Negotiations over new labour contracts between Norway's national employers' organization NHO and the two large trade union federations LO and YS broke down on...
Talks in overtime averted train strike
State railroad workers won a new collective bargaining agreement late Tuesday afternoon, after 17 hours of negotiations in overtime with the new state railroad...
Wage growth remains low
Salaries earned by the vast majority of Norwegians have registered the lowest growth in nearly two decades, according to a new report from state...
Giske fights on, as does his partner
The embattled Norwegian Labour Party's shamed star, Trond Giske, still isn't giving up his fight against all the sexual harassment charges that have piled...
High executive pay stirs up protests
It now only takes 21 work days for top executives in Norway to earn what's considered to be the country's average full-year salary of...
Chances ‘high’ for major spring strikes
UPDATED: Trade union negotiating season looms in Norway, and this year everything from pay to pensions and benefits will be on the table. Dissatisfaction...
Støre rallies his ‘shamed’ troops
"It's time to close ranks," Labour Party leader Jonas Gahr Støre declared at an extraordinary national board meeting on Monday, "time to find ourselves...
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