Most of us will quickly note that around 25,000 workers are on strike from Monday morning. On Sunday evening, management in many companies worked hard to inform their employees about how the company will be affected. While the production of beer and mineral water stops completely at both Ringnes and Hansa Borg, there will also be problems for several people who are in the process of buying a new car. If you are going to take a ferry, buy new furniture or stay in a hotel, you may also notice it. Empty beer taps and no mineral water Norway’s two largest breweries, Ringnes and Hansa Borg, are affected by the strike and will stop all production from Monday. Outdoor dining in Oslo in April. Guests enjoy outdoor pils. Photo: Hanna Johre / NTB Around 500 out of 900 employees at Ringnes will go on strike. – We have full respect for the fact that strikes are one of the tools in working life, but a strike will lead to us having to turn off the lights, says communications manager Nicolay Bruusgaard in Ringnes to news. The company halts all production and delivery of goods and warns that employees who have not been called out on strike will be laid off. – The strike will lead to us having to turn off the lights, says communications manager Nicolay Bruusgaard in Ringnes. Photo: Kilian Munck – Several of the other 400 employees will be made redundant because there are no work tasks for them. The company sees itself as having to save costs when there is no production, says Bruusgaard. – What does this mean for most people? – The strike means that within a not too long time the shops will run out of drinks, and the beer taps in bars and restaurants will be closed. Hansa Borg will also stop production from Monday morning. This applies at Hansa Brewery, Borg Brewery and CB in Kristiansand. At Aass in Drammen, employees have also gone on strike. Stratos and Bamsemum’s could run out of business The Great Strike means that candy manufacturer Nidar will stop all production of chocolate and sweets from Monday. Nidar stops all production of chocolate due to the strike. Photo: Bent Lindsetmo 225 of the 250 employees at the Nidar factory in Trondheim will go on strike on Monday, writes Adresseavisen. This means that sweets such as Stratos, Smash, Laban and Bamsemums may run out in the future. The stores may run out of Bamsemums in the future. Photo: Hallvard Mørk Tvete / news Canceled ferries Departures on several ferry connections across the country are canceled as a result of the strike, the ferry company Norled says. This applies to ferries and fast boats in Oslo, Tromsø, in Western Norway and in Rogaland. Ferry between Oppedal and Lavik. Ferry Ampere at the quay in Oppedal before departure to Lavik Sognefjorden. Photo: Heiko Junge / NTB – There will be fewer departures and a lower frequency of departures, says communications manager Cathrine Gjertsen at Norled. Several of the company’s ferries will be taken out of service completely during the strike. This means fewer departures, but other ferries can go on the same route. – We try to keep the offer going as best we can within the framework we have, says Gjertsen. Ferries affected by the strike The following Norled ferries are completely cancelled: MS Fjordronningen, Tromsø-Harstad route 2, Troms county MF Sjernarøy, Herøysambandet B, Nordland County MF Tidefjord, Solavågen-Festøya route C, Møre og Romsdal County MF Ampere, Oppedal-Lavik route B, Vestland county MS Tyrving, Bergen-Sogndal-Bergen, Vestland county MS Frøya, Bergen-Selje-Bergen, Vestland county MS Tranen, Route 2080, Vestland county MS Fjordkatt, Route 2090, Vestland county MF Nesvik, Hjelmeland-Nesvik- Ombo route 1, Rogaland county MS Prinsen, Aker brygge-Nesoddtangen, Viken county MS Baronen, Route B20, Viken county MS Baronessen, Route B11+B21, Viken county Several other ferry companies are also affected by the strike, including Fjord 1 and Torghatten. Fjord 1 states on its website that the following connections are affected: Drag-Kjøpsvik Brekstad-Valset (route B) Halsa-Kanestraum (route C) Hareid-Sulesund (route C) Seivika-Tømmervåg (route B) Magerholm-Sykkylven (route B) Anda -Lote (route B) Skjersholmane-Ranavik (route B) Gjermundshamn-Årsnes (route A) Buavåg-Langevåg (Route 1011) Mortavika-Arsvågen (route D) The car industry affected Over 600 employees in the car industry will go on strike from Monday. Another 100 will be taken out on Friday, writes bilnytt.no. From Monday, Sulland, Bertel O. Steen, Bilia, Gumpen and Harald A. Møller will be affected. Øyvind Rognlien Skovli, director of communications and public relations, Harald A. Møller Photo: Harald A. Møller – Customers who are waiting for new cars at Harald A. Møller may have to wait longer to have the cars delivered, says Øyvind Rognlien Skovli to news. He is director of communications and public relations at Harald A. Møller. – The cars arrive at the port as normal, but there is reduced capacity for, among other things, preparing the cars, so some customers may experience increased waiting time. Closes IKEA in Oslo From Monday around 600 organized IKEA employees will go on strike. Around 600 IKEA employees go on strike. Photo: STEPHANE MAHE / Reuters – It is regrettable that no agreement was reached, says Carl Aaby, managing director of IKEA Norway to news. – The employer side at NHO has stretched as far as is justifiable, he says. Initially, it is IKEA Furuset, IKEA Slependen, the Oslo planning and ordering point and IKEA’s customer center that will be affected by the strike. IKEA Furuset, located in Oslo, closes completely. The Oslo planning and ordering point department does the same, while IKEA Slependen, located in Asker outside Oslo, will remain open, but with reduced offers. The same applies to IKEA’s customer center. The strike also affects employees who work with online shopping and customer service. Customers can expect longer response and delivery times, the company writes on its website. Electricians and asphalt workers Electricians and asphalt workers are among those on strike from Monday. Several thousand industrial workers are also taken out on strike. – We have taken out within service and within asphalt. Now the asphalt season is starting, so if you get a few bumps in the road, we are likely to contribute to that, says union leader Anita Johansen of the Norwegian Workers’ Union to NTB. Post and goods deliveries Posten and Bring are also affected by strikes to some extent. Around 40 people are taken out on strike at Bring Cargo International, in Oslo, Haugesund, Drammen and Bergen. Kenneth Pettersen, press manager at Posten/Bring Photo: Posten – We as an organization are affected to a limited extent by the strike, but the consequences of the ferry connection not running mean that customers are affected, says Kenneth Pettersen, press manager at Posten/Bring. He says it will have consequences for how much Posten and Bring are able to transport from A to B. Hotels affected Several employees at the Grand Hotel and Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel in Oslo have been made redundant in the general strike. YS’ overview of the strike action shows that 70 employees at the Grand Hotel in Oslo and 105 employees at the Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel in Oslo are being taken out on strike. – We will do our utmost to ensure that the strike does not have consequences for our guests. We will stay open as long as possible, says Grand hotel director Elin Ekrol to news.
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This is how you will be affected by the strike – news Norway – Overview of news from different parts of the country
