Tag: strikes
Mediation may resume to end strike
UDATED: Both sides in the major strike that's spreading around Norway agreed to meet with the state mediator (Riksmekleren) again Thursday evening, in an...
Unions split over Oslo’s partial pact
As striking public sector workers rallied in the Norwegian capital and elsewhere around the country, many of them were anything but pleased with a...
Major strike spreads to the capital
UPDATED: Several hundred workers for the city of Oslo were called out on strike on Wednesday, after extended negotiations and mediation between their unions...
Strike tests Labour’s ties to labour
NEWS ANALYSIS: With tens of thousands of state and municipal workers now out on strike in Norway, the country's Labour-led government is suddenly at...
Nearly 50,000 pulled out on strike
After a long holiday weekend with no reported negotiations, thousands more Norwegian public sector workers were being called out on strike on Tuesday. Nearly...
Here’s who’s striking around Norway
Garbage was already starting to pile up in Trondheim, parents had to take their children with them to work in many Norwegian cities and...
Nationwide strike set to spread
Striking public sector workers all over Norway claimed their fighting spirits were high as they launched into the country's first major strike involving state...
‘Historic’ strike hits nationwide
Thousands of public sector workers walked off the job in townships all over Norway early Thursday, after talks broke down between their unions and...
Strike looms among 30,000 workers
Negotiations reportedly were running as warm as the weather in Oslo on Wednesday, with state mediator Kari Gjesteby working hard to avert a strike...
Talks aim to head off bank strike
Negotiators for bank employers and employees in Norway were huddling on Monday in last-ditch efforts to head off what could be the country's first...
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