According to Bjarte Stedje, head of the Norwegian Cabin Association, SAS is now replacing strike-affected work with cabin crew from Sweden and Denmark. news has seen two different text messages which show that SAS is asking cabin crew outside Norway to take flights to and from Norway that will be affected by the ongoing strike. Stedje believes it is very serious that SAS replaces strike-affected work. – We take that very seriously. We have a legal strike going on, he says to news. Leader of the Norwegian Cabin Association, Bjarte Stedje Photo: Kristine Kjendalen / news – Now SAS is using large resources to replace those who are out on strike with foreign labor from Sweden and Denmark. The Norwegian Cabin Association perceives this as strike-breaking. SAS rejects the accusations. – Redeployment of cabin crew between different flights is normal, and is authorized in the collective agreement. In other words, we categorically reject that this is strike-breaking, writes press manager Øystein Schmidt in an e-mail to news. Strike-breaking means that someone performs work that should have been performed by strikers. It is not illegal in Norway, but is described by, among others, NHO as socially unacceptable. Large strike withdrawal 115 out of 640 members in the cabin association were withdrawn on strike on Friday morning. A further 19 members are drawn on Saturday, and 16 members on Sunday. A total of 152 cabin crew will be on strike when the weekend is over. Stedje says that from Wednesday next week the rest of the members of the association will be taken out. Then a total of 640 cabin employees from the Norwegian Cabin Association will be on strike. Parat also wants to extend the strike Parat is also ready to extend the strike. In a press release, they write that they have given notice of layoffs for 240 cabin crew in SAS. In the course of a week, practically all cabin crew in the company will go on strike. Head of the SAS Norge cabin association in Parat, Martinus Røkkum, says it is necessary to get the company’s management to understand the seriousness. He notes that SAS claims to have gone too far. – We clearly have two different experiences of reality. Our experience is that the company does not want to give employees any kind of improvement in working conditions. On the contrary, they use bankruptcy protection and restructuring to squeeze even more out of already hard-pressed employees. It is undignified, and is not the kind of working conditions we want in Norway, he says. Norwegian is considering additional capacity Norwegian is considering bringing in extra capacity next week while the strike is being stepped up at competitor SAS, the company told TV 2. Norwegian is considering deploying more planes. Photo: Annika Byrde / NTB – We are here for our customers first and foremost and sell the tickets we have in all ticket categories. We see that there is somewhat increased demand today, both in the short and long term, says press manager Eline Hyggen Skari in Norwegian to TV 2. – Beyond that, we follow the development and continuously assess whether, for example, we want to put in extra capacity, says she further. Full support – YS gives our full support to the cabin crew in SAS and their struggle for a living wage, The requirements for a reasonable salary development and working conditions that other employees take for granted must be met by SAS, says YS leader Hans-Erik Skjæggerud . Hans-Erik Skjæggerud, YS leader. Photo: Rodrigo Freitas / NTB He says that YS demands that SAS show a real will to find a solution as quickly as possible. – Until that happens, the management of SAS must bear full and complete responsibility for the situation the company has now put its traveling customers in, he emphasizes. Published 23.08.2024, at 15.18 Updated 23.08.2024, at 15.38
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