Mother May-Helen Rolfsnes in Bømlo, says she is relieved that the strike is now over: – I am obviously relieved that Oskar can now go to kindergarten, and for other parents as well. Bømlo in Sunnhordland is a municipality that has been hit hard by the five-week kindergarten strike. Here, all the kindergartens are private and large parts of the municipality have been affected by the strike. At nine o’clock on Wednesday morning, the parties announced that the kindergarten strike is over. They had then been in negotiations since they were called in for compulsory mediation on Tuesday. The employee organizations warn that they have received approval for their pension demand, which the strike has mainly been about. This is what they agree on. The solution means that employees of the National Association of Private Nurseries (PBL) by 1 January at the latest. 2025 will receive a lifelong contractual pension (AFP) in the Joint Scheme. It was a main demand from the trade unions, writes Fagforbundet in a press release. In addition, the percentage that the employees themselves pay into their own occupational pension will be reduced from 3 to 2.5 per cent, then down to 2 per cent when the joint scheme for AFP is established. The employer’s share is increased accordingly. – I’m mostly relieved actually. We have been on strike for a long time, were in the fifth week of strike. We have been mediating for a long time and have been sitting here since 3pm yesterday. Without sleep and hard work, so I am relieved and happy, says Trond Eilertsen in Delta. OVERALL: The parties in the strike say they are satisfied that their pension claim has been successful. Photo: Mats Rønning / news Opens again already tomorrow The employees who have been on strike are back at work on Thursday, the employee organizations warn. Press contact at the daycare chain Espira, Kjersti Oppen, says she is relieved. – We want to open as soon as possible. First of all, we are relieved that the kindergarten strike is over, she says. 3,600 organized in Fagforbundet, Delta and Uddanningsforbundet have gone on strike since 15 October. 100 ON STRIKE: Around 100 kindergarten employees have been on strike at Bømlo in Vestland. Photo: Olav Røli / news At home with three children: – Lettet Rolfsnes in Bømlo has been at home with his four-year-old son Oskar and Eilert, who is under one year old. In addition, their nephew Kasper, aged 3.5, has been at home with them. She says she is relieved. – It has been a bit intense. We have been together a lot, a lot at home. We have tried as best we can to be with others. Fortunately, it is good to be with others, as there are many who were at home, she says. Rolfsnes adds that she is happy that the parties have reached an agreement. – I just hope that they have come up with a good solution and that the nursery staff get what they want. That is really the most important thing for me, she says. HOME Oskar (4), Kasper (3.5) and Eilert (under one year) play on the floor at mother May-Helen Rolfsnes’ home. Photo: Olav Røli / news – It has been difficult A collective employee page writes that they are satisfied in a press release. – It has been difficult, but we have worked hard and managed to agree on important issues that have given us a new collective agreement, which will now be sent to the members for a preliminary vote, says negotiation leader Anne Green Nilsen of the Trade Union. – It is great that we have managed to stop a strike. Now fathers of young children, and mothers and children are on their way to kindergarten. It was deep down, says Terje Skyvulstad in the Education Association. On Monday, the parties in the kindergarten strike met for voluntary mediation at the Ombudsman. But already the next day, the negotiations were broken off. The parties were thus required to meet with the Riksmekleren again. May-Helen Rolfsnes has previously been employed by news.
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Now Oskar and Kasper can go to kindergarten again – news Vestland
