With bright yellow t-shirt and roaring Karmøy dialect, he got the 315 delegates at the LO congress to straighten his back and point his ears during the debate in the People’s House. – The government has promised us that if they are re -elected this fall, we will be on Norgesplaster on electricity. We are going to get a larger patch on an open stream ulcer that needs surgical procedures, Alne said in her post. He has a professional background as a welding and oil worker and has more than 20 years of experience as a union representative in the Fellesforbundet. Today he is the leader of LO in Sandefjord. Why is LO important? What is LO? LO is an abbreviation for the national organization. It is an employee organization. This means that there is a place that people who work can organize together to stand stronger to employers. Where many members have LO? LO themselves state that they have over a million members. The members are divided into 23 unions, depending on what they are working on. The clearest union is by far the union. It has members who work with health and many tasks within the municipalities. What does LO do? The most important thing is that they negotiate wages on behalf of those who work. Either the entire LO or the various unions individually.LO also fights for workers’ rights in a number of areas. Among the most well -known areas are sick pay, working hours and the right to permanent work. Is it only LO that represents the workers? No. There are several others. The largest are Unio, YS and the Academics. They have around 850,000 members combined. Since LO is the largest, it is often those who are most heard. It is also LO who negotiates what is called the front subjects. The result there is most often what others also get in wage increases. Is important in politics? LO has over 100 years stood close to the Labor Party (Ap). The leader of LO always sits on Aps powerful central board. The leader also leads to chair the nomination committee when the AP is to choose new leaders. LO also gives many millions of NOK to Ap, especially in elections. This year, the LO management has proposed to provide NOK 20 million in support to Aps election campaign. When Støre later today holds his post to the LO congress, he will also be challenged in an open debate. There he can expect clear reports of power policy and electricity prices, says Alne. – He has met me at the national meeting of the Fellesforbundet and in other contexts. So he knows well what is going on, he tells news. Norwegian patch: Rune Alne on the pulpit under the LO congress. Power promises It was already the day after the political breakup with the Center Party in government that Støre presented the government’s new power policy: The so -called “Norwegian award” entails a fixed price of 40 øre per kilowatt hour throughout the year. The offer is intended for households. VAT, grid rent and other fees come in addition. The alternative is not to draw such fixed price agreements, because according to Støre, consumers should be able to choose between two different schemes. NORGEPRIS: Terje Aasland and Jonas Gahr Støre earlier this year presented a new stocking policy. Photo: Ole Berg-Rusten / NTB-People can decide for themselves what is the correct scheme for them. It should be easy to relate to, Støre said when he presented the details with Energy Minister Terje Aasland in January. But the new power solution will only be introduced after the election, with start -up on October 1st. If the majority of Ap goes, the scheme is in other words in the blue. And even if the majority should pass, Ap will depend on the support of the partners to have it completed. The details of the electricity promises are expected to be clear when the government submits its proposal for a revised national budget on May 15. Of the Stock Exchange Fellesforbundet, LO’s largest in the private sector, which is also set to get the LO leader in Kine Asper Vistnes, has long fought for greater national control over power and electricity price. Alne describes Støre’s Norwegian award as an “intermediate solution”. – It relieves the pain and covers the bleeding. But that doesn’t fix the problem. We need to do something about the dysfunctional, stock exchange – and market -controlled system, and change the policy, he says. Requires changes: Rune Alne and more with him want clear changes in the government’s power policy. Photo: Mats Rønning / news Two of his comrades in the Fellesforbundet, Stian Pettersen Sagvold and Bjørn Sigurd Svingen, explained in VG yesterday what they want adopted at the LO Congress. Here are three of the requirements: Norwegian prices on electricity Also for the industry renegotiation of the cable agreements to the UK and Germany Requirements for a two -price system, where consumers and industry in Norway receive a lower electricity price than the countries we export electricity to – low electricity price has been the greatest competitive advantage for Norwegian industry, which has had access to low price. This is how it should still be, says Sagvold, club leader at Aker Verdal to VG. Published 07.05.2025, at. 08.49
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