Still a risk of a shop strike – the parties mediate overtime – E24

Handel og Kontor (HK), Parat and Negotia are negotiating overtime to agree with Virke on this year’s salary settlement.

Thousands may be taken out on strike if the parties do not reach an agreement. If that happens, hardware stores, grocery stores and duty-free shops are particularly affected.

After midnight, both HK, Parat and Negotia confirm on their own websites that the mediation with Virke continues overtime. The status of the mediation is secret.

If the mediation is not successful, Parat says that businesses such as Byggmakker, XL-Bygg, Løvenskiold/Maxbo, Montér, Gustav Pedersen and Optimera will be hit by strikes.

HK Norway announces that they will collect their members from Travel Retail Norway at the airports in Oslo, Bergen and Trondheim. Thus, duty-free sales will be able to close at these airports.

For Negotia’s part, members in the building materials company Gausdal Landhandleri and Imperial Brands will be taken out.

The mediation with national mediator Mats Wilhelm Ruland started on Sunday at 10 a.m. The mediation is taking place as a result of HK on 11 April breaking the negotiations on the renewal of the collective agreement in the National Sovereignty Agreement with Virke.

– We have used the time well since the negotiations broke off on 11 April, so that we are well prepared for constructive negotiations within the framework of the front line, says Virke director Bernt G. Apeland.

In addition to mediation on the renewal of the National Collective Agreement with industry agreements, mediation is also carried out on the Office Collective Agreement and the Managers’ Collective Agreement, as well as the Officials’ Agreements and associated agreements.

Handel og Kontor has on Monday notified a second withdrawal in the event of a strike. This means that the union will take nearly 3,000 more members out on strike from Saturday morning, if the parties do not reach an agreement.