As with most other European countries, the terrorist attacks on the USA on 11 September 2001 hit Norwegian civil aviation hard, resulting in significant reductions in passenger numbers and a dramatic loss of income for most airlines. Although the industry was already under severe pressure as a
On 29 May 2002, the two largest financial institutions in Norway, Den norske Bank (DnB) and Storebrand, announced their intention to merge, thereby creating one of the largest financial services groups in Scandinavia. The name of the new group will be DnB Storebrand. The announcement followed two
The development of trade union information and communications technology (ICT) strategies has been on the agenda for some time in the Norwegian labour movement (NO9803155F [1] and NO9910159F [2]), but unions have been slow to recognise the potential of new technology in relation to recruitment and
The 2002 collective bargaining round (NO0202104F [1]) commenced on 11 March with industry-level negotiations in the engineering sector between the Federation of Norwegian Manufacturing Industries (Teknologibedriftenes Landsforening, TBL) and the Norwegian United Federation of Trade Unions
On 5 March 2002, the Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Erna Solberg, announced that the government would bring before parliament a proposal for compulsory arbitration legislation to end the national strike by nurses initiated on 22 January (NO0202102N [1]). After the
The general election in September and the preceding campaign dominated politics in Norway during 2001. The ruling Labour Party, (Det norske Arbeiderpartiet, DnA) witnessed its most disastrous parliamentary election result since 1900 and, although the largest single party in parliament after the
On 5 February 2002, the general council of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (Landsorganisasjonen i Norge, LO) made public the confederation's demands for the forthcoming spring wage negotiations. Bargaining demands have also been issued by the other main union confederations. This marks
On 15 February 2002, Norway's new centre-right coalition government of the Conservative Party (Høyre), the Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti, KRF) and the Liberal Party (Venstre)made public two proposals to amend the Act relating to worker protection and the working environment
On 27 February 2002, the governing bodies of the Confederation of Norwegian Business and Industry (Næringslivets Hovedorganisasjon, NHO) and the Federation of Norwegian Commercial and Service Enterprises (Handels- og Servicenæringens Hovedorganisasjon, HSH) decided to set up a joint steering
Following the breakdown of negotiations over higher wages for nurses in public hospitals between the Norwegian Union of Registered Nurses (Norges Sykepleierforbund, NSF) and the NAVO employers' association, strike action broke out on 22 January 2002. At the outset, around 200 nurses were called out