On 6 September 1999, approximately 12 000 employees in the offshore oil-production industry took strike action against the government's apparent lack of initiative vis-à-vis the present crisis in the Norwegian oil sector. There is growing uncertainty about the state of affairs in the sector, which
The dispute between the Scandinavian Airlines Systems (SAS) and its ground staff was resolved after a meeting between management and trade union representatives on 9 August 1999 in Stockholm, Sweden. On 14 July 1999, Norwegian ground staff who are members of the SAS Personnel Club (SAS Personalklubb
An agreement on teleworking was concluded in June 1999 between the state-owned Norwegian oil company Statoil and the Norwegian Oil and Petrochemical Workers Union (Norsk Olje- og Petrokjemisk Fagforbund, Nopef).
The revised national Budget for 1999 was passed by the Norwegian parliament (Stortinget) on 18 June 1999. The annual procedure for revising the Budget enables the government to adjust its economic policy in the light of developments that have taken place since the release of the Budget in the autumn
The Confederation of Vocational Unions (Yrkesorganisasjonenes Sentralforbund, YS) held its eighth national conference [1] on 15-16 June 1999. The YS chair, Randi Bjørgen was re-elected for a second period, and at the top of the agenda was the proposed creation of a new trade union confederation with
On 8 June 1999 the Norwegian parliament (Stortinget) approved a proposal from the Ministry of Children and Family Affairs to alter the Opening Hours Act (åpningstidsloven). The Act, which came into effect on 1 January 1999, has been subject to much controversy since its adoption in June 1998. The
A new trade union organisation for Norwegian postal workers may soon become a reality, after dual membership ballots, held on 6 May 1999, produced a large majority in favour of merging the Norwegian Union of Postal Employees (Den norske Postorganisasjon, DNP) and the Norwegian Union of Postal
At the national conference of the Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti, KrF) on 16 April 1999, the Minister of Labour and Government Administration, Laila Dåvøy, made public the government's intention to lift the current ban on private employment agencies, and to establish a public
The two largest trade unions in the Norwegian education sector, the Norwegian Union of Teachers (Norsk Lærerlag, NL) and Teachers' Union Norway (Lærerforbundet), which represents both teaching and administrative personnel, issued a joint statement on 19 March 1999 outlining their plans for the
The Norwegian government appointed a committee on 19 March 1999, which will look at the main challenges facing working life in the future. The committee comprises representatives from all the major trade union confederations and the most important employers' organisation, as well as representatives