{"id":354,"date":"2022-06-20T18:28:43","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T18:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/?p=354"},"modified":"2022-06-20T18:28:46","modified_gmt":"2022-06-20T18:28:46","slug":"norway-oil-union-leader-says-wage-deal-has-a-lot-of-good-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/354\/","title":{"rendered":"Norway oil union leader says wage deal has ‘a lot of good things’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The leader of a Norwegian oil workers’ union said on Monday a wage deal struck with oil companies “had a lot of good things” and that he hadn’t heard negative feedback from members, suggesting it could get approval and strike action would be averted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two of three unions that negotiated the agreement earlier this month are seeking approval from their members before they formally endorse it. If they don’t, a strike could hit petroleum output.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Norway is Western Europe’s largest oil and gas producer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Audun Ingvartsen, leader of the Lederne union, said he personally thought the offer, which he said gave a pay rise of between 4% and 4.5% and includes extra benefits, had positive elements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The deal has a lot of good things,” he said in an interview. “Hopefully, our members will say yes, and there will be no strike … I haven’t heard much of negative reaction,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“If it’s a big ‘No’, then we will, of course, have to listen to our members.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The leader of the other union seeking members’ approval, Safe, earlier told Reuters she would personally recommend it as it was “good enough”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Neither union is issuing a formal recommendation to members on how to vote, which they have to do by June 30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The third and final union involved in the talks, Industri Energi, accepted the wage deal without seeking members’ go-ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 4-4.5% wage increase Ingvartsen referred to compares with a hike of 3.7% agreed under a framework agreement between Norway’s main employee and employer organisations in April, which sets the benchmark for sector wage talks in Norway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since then, inflation in Norway has accelerated, rising to 5.7% in May year-on-year. The statistics agency now expects prices to rise 4.7% in 2022, up from the 3.3% it predicted in March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reporting by Nerijus Adomaitis; Editing by Susan Fenton<\/p>\n

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