LO, YS and NHO have not yet reached the goal of mediation in the wage settlement. It can go on strike after the parties struggle to agree.
National Broker Mats Wilhelm Ruland met the press on Saturday night with an update on the mediation in the collective bargaining negotiations between LO / YS and NHO. Photo: Heiko Junge / NTB
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11. apr. 2021 00:42
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—-There was great interest in what national mediator Mats Wilhelm Ruland had to say on Saturday night. Photo: Heiko Junge / NTB
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NTB is informed from several sources that there is still nothing new in the 13-hour period. On Sunday morning, the information NTB receives is that the parties are still a long way from an agreement and that a solution may come this afternoon, but that does not seem to be certain.
There seem to be intense encounters, something too VG writes.
– We can not comment on what is happening, but we are still here, LO’s Trond Gram told NTB at 10 o’clock.
There is a danger that more than 30,000 will be taken out on strike if the parties do not agree on the mediation, which has lasted more than 13 hours of overtime. As the parties did not agree by 6 o’clock, employees who could be taken out on strike were told to show up for work as planned on Sunday.
LO, YS and NHO have been sitting with the Ombudsman since 10 o’clock on Friday, and the original deadline for agreeing was at midnight on Sunday night.
Disagree on pay and lift for low paid
This year’s settlement is a so-called interim settlement, where only salaries are negotiated. NHO proposes a wage increase of 2.2 percent to ensure competitiveness.
There will actually be a decline in the purchasing power of Norwegian workers as inflation is estimated at 2.8 per cent this year. Therefore, LO demands a wage increase of at least 2.8 percent.
In addition, LO demands a boost for low-wage earners. This will probably be the decisive point in mediation, according to FriFagbevegelse. NHO is opposed to it being given at all and demands that it should include fewer than in previous years if it is to be given.
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