NTB, News | Announcing a general strike – thousands of local workers could be out of work

BUSINESS LIFE: As expected, Fellesforbundet and Norsk Industri go to forced mediation to settle this year’s wage settlement in the frontline profession. They thereby cancel the voluntary mediation.

Forced mediation with national mediator Mats Wilhelm Ruland begins on Wednesday. If the parties do not manage to agree there, there will be a general strike from 7 April.

The joint union warns that 14,301 workers may be taken out on strike if the mediation does not succeed.

– This first withdrawal will contribute to an effective strike that will hit the employer side hard. Should we end up in conflict, there will be more withdrawals, says Fellesforbundet leader Jørn Eggum in a press release.

Many local businesses

Aibel in Haugesund may have 612 employees go on strike. 441 employees at Haugesund Skips and Offshore Service AS may be made redundant.

The energy company Yabimo Norge AS, with its Norwegian main base in Stord, also has many employees who can be taken out on strike (645).

Akers Solutions in Stord (594) and Subshore.no As, Stord (440) are among others that are hit hard.

Here is the overview

Adecco Industri AS department Haugesund/Offshore, Karmsund (32)

Aibel AS department Haugesund (612)

Aker Solutions AS department Location Stord Verft (594)

Crane Norway Vest AS department Haugesund (6)

Haugesund Skips and Offshore Service AS (414)

Haukås Vimek AS, Førresfjorden (8)

Level Project AS Haugesund (36)

Offshore Partner AS, Stord (14)

Siemens Energy AS department Rubbestadneset (10)

Westcon Yard AS – Westcon Yards Ølen (151)

Westcon Yards AS – Catering Partner (14)

Wärtsila Norway AS department Rubbestadneset (73)

Wärtsila Norway AS department Stord Grunnavågsvegen (8)

Yabimo Norge AS, Stord (645)

DKM AS, Avaldsnes (5)

DKM Services AS, Kopervik (330)

Emmco Pomorze Spolka Z Ograniczona Odpowiedzialnoscia SP.K., Stord (218)

Karmsund Contracting AS (53)

Multi Vedlikehold Drift AS department Aksdal (78)

Multi Vedlikehold Drift AS department Husøy (9)

Multi Vedlikehold Drift AS dept. Westcon (69)

SEC Norge AS, Stord (438)

Storesund Marine Service AS (19)

Thermotech AS, Haugesund (11)

TMTK UAB, Haugesund (172)

Umoe Industries AS production department, Håvik (21)

Ventor Energi AS department Stord (281)

The deadline expires at midnight on Saturday

The Ombudsman has summoned the parties to compulsory mediation starting on Wednesday 3 April at 10:00. The mediation deadline ends at midnight on Saturday 6 April.

There are employees in 134 companies who may be called out on strike on Sunday. The notice covers, among other things, 2,100 employees in Aker Solutions.

The joint federation has notified a total of 32,108 members who are on the collective agreement Industrial Agreement to resign.

The federal union has entered into the settlement with demands for, among other things, an increase in real wages and further and continuing education reform.

The mediation is part of the Frontfaget, and the results of these negotiations form the basis for all other collective bargaining agreements throughout the year.