Key Norway Union Breaks Off Wage Talks, Threatens Strike
2016年3月29日 - 11:11PM
Dow Jones News
By Kjetil Malkenes Hovland
OSLO--A key trade union in Norway broke off wage negotiations
with a major employer association on Tuesday, threatening a strike
from April 3 that would affect 800 companies including key
exporters and suppliers to the country's oil sector.
The 147,000-member Norwegian United Federation of Trade
Unions--or Fellesforbundet in Norwegian--said it had decided to end
wage talks with the Federation of Norwegian Industries. The parties
will now enter a period of forced mediation handled by Norway's
National Mediator.
A potential strike would start on April 3, affecting 26,000
workers across 800 Norwegian companies, the union said, including
oil-service companies such as Aker Solutions ASA (AKSO.OS),
Bilfinger SE, Beerenberg Corp. and Kvaerner ASA (KVAER.OS).
Workers at unlisted oil-sector suppliers like Westcon Yards and
Aibel would also be affected by any industrial action, including
583 employees at Aibel's yard in the west-coast city of Haugesund,
where the drilling platform for Statoil ASA's (STO) giant Johan
Sverdrup oil field in the North Sea is currently under
construction.
Some employees at key exporters in Norway's traditional onshore
industries would also be affected, including aluminum producer
Norsk Hydro ASA (NHY.OS) and defense contractor Kongsberg Gruppen
ASA (KGS.OS).
The outcome of the private-sector wage talks will set the bar
for upcoming negotiations between other major unions and employers'
organizations in Norway.
Write to Kjetil Malkenes Hovland at
kjetilmalkenes.hovland@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
March 29, 2016 09:56 ET (13:56 GMT)
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