The length of the collective agreement is one of the most contentious points during the negotiations between the SAS management and the pilots. The SAS management demands a six-year agreement, according to what news is informed. This means that the pilots can only strike every six years. If SAS gets this through, there is a danger that other Norwegian business leaders will want to do the same, says leader of Herøya Arbeiderforening in Porsgrunn, Tor Morten Thorsen. He is concerned about the SAS management’s requirement for the length of the collective agreement. – When SAS starts joking with it, they joke with Norwegian working life, says Thorsen. – The most important thing we have The usual thing in Norway is that a collective agreement lasts for two years, and that there is a right to strike in the middle year. The SAS pilots have a collective agreement for three years now. Thorsen fears a contagious effect if the contract period is now even longer. – It can quickly spread to other industry leaders who do not understand the Norwegian model. There is always a danger when someone has to give in to something like that. He emphasizes that one should in any case do what one can to avoid strikes. – It is the last weapon we want to use, but it is also the most important thing we have. Do not believe in contagion effect Stein Lier-Hansen, CEO of Norsk Industri, is not worried. He thinks it is very unlikely that other Norwegian business leaders will demand a six-year collective agreement. Stein Lier-Hansen in Norsk Industri does not believe that Norwegian companies will demand the same as the SAS management. Photo: Håkon Mosvold Larsen / NTB – There has never been a key demand from our companies. – In principle, there are probably more people who want a slightly longer period than two years, but six years seems completely utopian to me, says Lier-Hansen. He agrees with Thorsen that it is important to maintain what is called “The Norwegian model”. – I am concerned that the Norwegian model is important, and we must not provoke the model by making demands that violate what is tradition and good governance. Hopes for a solution NTNU historian Ingar Kaldal has previously commented on how he believes the outcome of the pilot strike may have further significance for how the rest of working life is organized. – When basic arrangements in working life are at stake, the conflicts have tended to be both hard and long-lasting, Kaldal said. Tor Morten Thorsen in Herøya Arbeiderforening hopes the SAS strike will come to an end, but that the result does not involve a longer collective agreement. – I think this is absolutely terrible, and a six-year agreement sounds very strange, says Thorsen.
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