Tag: Labour
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...
Labour movement loses its steam
NEW ANALYSIS: It's not just Norway's Labour Party that has seemed to be imploding after decades of dominance. The labour movement itself, once a...
Giske resigns top posts in Labour
Trond Giske, one of the most powerful men in Norwegian politics, announced Sunday night that he would not be returning to his position as...
Labour ‘relieves’ Giske of his duties
The Norwegian Labour Party's New Year is beginning where the old one ended, in crisis. Even before Labour bosses gathered for an emergency meeting...
Støre’s fortunes can cost him dearly
Jonas Gahr Støre, the Labour Party's candidate for prime minister, does not come from his party's traditional working class. Store is instead a wealthy...
Labour unions try to boost membership
Less than half of all workers in Norway are now represented by labour unions. The country's largest trade union federations are teaming up for...
Union: ‘Norwegian Air broke contract’
The head of the Norwegian Pilot Union claims Norwegian Air broke its collective bargaining contract with the union, by writing directly to its pilots...
NAV reports another dip in layoffs
Norway's state welfare agency NAV reported this week that it received around 1,500 notices from employers of looming layoffs and furloughs in May. That...
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