– Destroys the Norwegian working model – news Vestfold and Telemark – Local news, TV and radio

– It’s three years too much. This is not good for the Norwegian trade union movement if it is to go this way. Tor Morten Thorsen in Herøya Arbeiderforening is concerned about the consequences the agreement between the pilots and the SAS management may have for Norwegian working life. – I fear that other group leaders will think along the same lines and think that this is very smart. Then there will only be a lot of chaos, says Thorsen. After 15 days of strikes and six days of intense negotiations, the pilots and SAS management have agreed. – Destroys the Norwegian model news has previously said that the dispute has been special about the term of the collective agreement. news is informed that the duration of this agreement will now be five years for the pilots. – What the SAS management has done here is actually to start crushing the union in SAS. It is not good, says Thorsen stated. He is surprised that the pilots and the SAS management landed on an agreement that prevents the pilots from striking or renegotiating for an agreement period of 5 years. Thorsen believes that the result risks destroying the so-called Norwegian or Nordic working model. – We have negotiated this. There is a two-year term in the collective agreements. When they start joking with it, they joke with Norwegian working life. Thorsen has previously said that he fears an infectious effect, if the SAS management gets what they want. Fears contagious effect if the SAS management gets what they want: – This is absolutely terrible He thinks Norwegian industry leaders are too wise to try their hand at similar battles, but is still not safe. – We have a number of foreign owners in Norway. They may be tempted to try the same in other companies. Do not believe in contagion effect Stein Lier-Hansen, CEO of Norsk Industri, said earlier on Monday about the significance of the SAS strike for Norwegian working life. He does not share Thorsen’s concern. He thinks it is very unlikely that other Norwegian business leaders will demand the same as the SAS management. – There has never been a key demand from our companies. – In principle, there are probably more who want a slightly longer period than two years, but six years seems completely utopian to me, Lier-Hansen told news on Monday.



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