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SAS strike over, workers won
Flight attendants at Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) had to go on strike for them, but have now won many of the standard pay and benefits...
Struggling SAS faced new strike
NEWS ANALYSIS: Millions have been spent on lawyers' fees, consultants, executive pay and other costs tied to Scandinavian Airlines (SAS)' emergence from bankruptcy protection,...
Strike threat looms at SAS
Flight attendants at Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) are threatening to go out on strike later this week, if their demands for better pay and working...
Labour’s labour minister halts strike
Norway's Labour Party insists that it fully supports workers' rights to strike, but its Labour Minister Tonje Brenna has halted a major strike by...
Strikes hit police, universities, ministries, even weather forecasters
Most threatened strikes have been averted at the last minute in Norway this spring, while some strikers were ordered back to work this week....
Several strikes averted
It's taken a lot of intense marathon negotiations, but representatives for both labour unions and employers have been able to shake hands over a...
Labour union leader claims ‘big victory’
After months of heated debate over record-high executive compensation and an unwillingness to share company profits with workers, Norwegian union leaders have been fighting...
New settlements avert more strikes
Labour representatives for more than 32,000 workers in Norway's retail and service industries came to terms with the workers' employers organization Virke on Tuesday....
New strike threat lurks behind smiles
More wage negotiations got underway heading into the weekend, this time between leaders of public sector employee organizations and Norwegian municipalities. More than 400,000...
Labour federations call off strike
UPDATED: Thousands of striking Norwegian workers in a variety of sectors are returning to work, instead of taking part in more labour demonstrations on...
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