Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Norwegian oil workers go on strike – newspaper Svenska Dagbladet

Strike halts oil drilling takes in Norway. Photo: Pontus Lundahl/TT

Strike means many drilling stopped on the Norwegian continental shelf. By extension, threatened also the level of production of gas oil in Norway.

According to a state-appointed mediator was the parties in the conflict is not even close to a deal when the talks were suspended nearly four hours after a self-imposed deadline.

Contract negotiations relating to 6, 500 employees in 30 companies, and the Norwegian the if metall trade union has threatened to expand the stridsåtgärderna if a settlement can’t be reached.

The five subcontractors that are now affected by the strike are Schlumberger, Halliburton, Baker Hughes, Oceaneering, and Oceaneering Asset Integrity.

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