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More airports close as strike spreads
More airports were forced to close and travelers through Norway's main airport, Oslo Lufthavn Gardermoen, were being warned to arrive early after several hundred...
The show can go on at the Opera
After a week of cancelling performances and disappointing fans, employers and employees at The Norwegian Opera and Ballet settled their differences during the night and...
Security guards head out on strike
Norwegians were bracing for more disruption after negotiations broke down on Friday between employers group NHO Service and the union representing security guards around...
Municipal strike over, not at Opera
Norway's biggest strike in more than 30 years ended on Wednesday, after a hectic and lengthy round of mediation. Nearly 50,000 local government workers...
Strikes spread, Opera hit also
UPDATED: Thousands of municipal workers remain on strike in Norway, and now some performers at the Norwegian Opera have walked off the job, too....
45,000 now on strike nationwide
More schools and day care centers closed, nursing home staffing shrunk and local government services were further curtailed Wednesday morning, after Norway's biggest strike...
Thousands more set to go on strike
Hospital workers settled a dispute with their state employers and headed back to work on Tuesday, but transport workers and around 17,000 local government...
Oslo stays out of big municipal strike
UPDATED: Norway has proven itself once again to be "annerledeslandet:" Europe's "different country," often going its own way. At a time when most European...
18,000 workers head out on strike
Mediation broke down Thursday afternoon between municipal employers and unions representing their workers, meaning that many schools and day care centers will shut down...
Major strike looms in public sector
Schools and day care centers may close, and nursing homes and a variety of other public services will be affected, if Norway's biggest public...
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