On Thursday at 15.00, NHO Luftfart and NFO met at the negotiating table. At 19 o’clock, broker Carl Petter Martinsen at the Ombudsman came out for a status report. – Here we are working on. There’s really not much to tell. But the atmosphere is good between the parties, and we think we will continue for a while longer, says Martinsen. At 18.42, the Foodora delivery arrived to the Ombudsman, so it is clear that they will have to hold on for a while. Great distance on salary The broker says they are working to get full agreement on some points, but that it is far away when it comes to salary. – There is quite a lot left when it comes to finances, where there has been a great distance between the parties, says Martinsen. – Is there hope for agreement tonight or tomorrow? – I can not say anything about that, the broker answers. He says there is a basis for continuing, but will not say anything about how long they will sit on Thursday night. Broker took the initiative for the meeting Broker Carl Petter took the initiative for the meeting on Thursday. The strike among the aircraft technicians has lasted for almost a week. – I really relate to the situation as it was when we went apart night to Saturday. The starting point is that the distance is as great as it was then, Martinsen told news on his way into the meeting just before 15.00. It was a wage demand from the union that led to a breach of mediation. NFO wants an increase of NOK 60 per hour, a wage increase of approximately 17 percent. – The conflict areas that are there are quite clear for the parties and for me, says Martinsen. Mediator Carl Petter Martinsen took the initiative for the meeting between the parties. Photo: Lise Åserud / NTB Also cancels after the strike The companies SAS, Norwegian and Widerøe are the companies affected by the strike. On Thursday, the following cancellations were registered: SAS: 19 Norwegian: 12 Widerøe: 8 Flyer: 2 Friday looks like this (as of Thursday at 17): SAS: 10 Norwegian: 0 Widerøe: 0 Flyer: 1 The airline Widerøe believes the consequences of the strike will is also noticed long after it is finished. – We have to postpone some maintenance which means that we will probably struggle with regularity even afterwards. We are worried about that, says communications director Silje Brandvoll to news. Widerøe fears long-term consequences. Photo: Kåre Riibe Ramskjell / news No meetings are currently planned for Friday. – Now the starting point will be to see how the afternoon goes, and whether there is a basis for moving on tomorrow. I have set aside time for that, and I hope the parties will contribute to it, says the mediator. Demanding conflict NHO believes the wage demand is “extreme” and has warned that they exclude all flight technicians in NFO from night to Sunday, a so-called lockout. If the parties do not agree before then, a total of 421 aircraft technicians will be absent from work. – It is in the cards that this is a demanding conflict. I and the parties have the same interest in getting this resolved through mediation and negotiation. That is what is being tried, says Martinsen to news. According to VG, NFO has chosen to change the chief negotiator. This means that chief negotiator Jan Skogseth will not attend the meeting on Thursday. On Wednesday, NFO proposed that NHO should change its chief negotiator, something NHO called “unheard of”. – When Jan Skogseth proposed Stein Nilsen as the new chief negotiator, it was because we felt that there was no willingness to negotiate from NHO, so it was intended as a constructive proposal to find a new way, Eliassen told news. Tariff leader Petter Wettre will lead the negotiations for NFO on Thursday. Kathrine Christensen is chief negotiator for NHO Luftfart.
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