Tag: Labour
State mediator’s death mourned
Tributes were pouring in this week for Nils Terje Dalseide, the state mediator who has helped ward off many major strikes during the past...
NRK workers go on strike
Around 1,700 employees of Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) were called out on strike from 1pm on Tuesday, a move that will result in far less...
May Day dissolved into political attacks
Leaden skies and chilly temperatures put a damper on the May 1st Labour Day festivities in Oslo and elsewhere around southern Norway. An unusual...
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...
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