Mar 9, 2015
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After state mediation between the management of Norwegian Air and the pilots trade unions broke down a strike started.
After state mediation between the management of Norwegian Air and the pilots trade unions broke down a strike started. Management claimed they would keep flights running with pilots hired in from other airline subsidiaries, but the union claimed that this would amount to strike-busting. The dispute started with management efforts to cut pilots’ pensions, pay, benefits and insurance costs. This caused months of labour tension and negotiations that stranded, leading to the mandatory arbitration.
English: http://www.newsinenglish.no/2015/02/28/norwegian-pilots-go-out-on-strike/
For more information, please contact the editor Jan Cremers, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) cbn-aias@uva.nl or the communications officer at the ETUI, Mariya Nikolova mnikolova@etui.org. For previous issues of the Collective bargaining newsletter please visit http://www.etui.org/E-Newsletters/Collective-bargaining-newsletter. You may find further information on the ETUI at www.etui.org, and on the AIAS at www.uva-aias.net.