– There is no will, either workers or employers, since, consumers or volunteering, says Trade and office managers Trinelise Sundnes said.
Friday wing government both social partners and the press about the proposal to give the shops the opportunity to keep open the “all common Sundays.” The proposal will be shortly submitted for consultation.
– Greater freedom
proposal is justified by a need for more equal conditions of competition and a better deal for consumers .
– This will give people greater freedom to act when it suits them, says trade minister Monica Mæland (H).
– Government view is that supply and demand are better than legislation to regulate shopping hours, follow Culture Thorhild Widvey (H).
The Government proposes that stores in twelve special holiness or holidays, as 1st Christmas Day and May 17th, still as a rule remain closed.
– Shocking
LO is restless what more Sunday opening stores want to say to those who will do the job.
– It is a small family-friendly proposal, which does not account for the employees and their needs, or stores and their wishes, says LO First Secretary Peggy Hesse Følsvik.
It is shocking that the government has undertaken some analysis of the implications of the proposal, believes Sundnes from Retail and Office. She fears a narrower offer to consumers, strong centralization and more power to the shopping centers to define opening hours.
– It is mostly only the inner corridors of government who think this is a good idea, says Sundnes.
In the population facing 62 percent of those surveyed thumbs down for Sunday opening stores, according to a poll just before New Year.
Think few will earn
Also NHO and employer organization active oppose more open on Sundays.
– For some Norwegian businesses will be commercially profitable. For the vast majority it will not be there, says really sociopolitical director Harald J. Andersen, who is calling for an investigation.
According to the Green Party Rasmus Hansson leads suggestion that “emissions of greenhouse gases will increase sharply. “
– Meanwhile, Sunday open stores drive consumption skyrocket, he said.
The grocery industry alerts that more Sunday opening stores will lead to higher food prices.
Left support
The proposal’s fate rests on Left. Party positively to Sunday open shops, but want to let municipalities themselves get to decide the question.
– Liberal proposal is problematic because it will create very different competitive conditions which are dependent on municipal boundaries, says Mæland said.
Government desire for more Sunday opening provokes KrF.
– We all need one day a week with other activities and more leisure and rest than in everyday life, says party leader Knut Arild Hareide.
He also oppose the Liberal proposal to allow municipalities decide.
The other opposition parties facing thumbs down for more Sunday opening stores.
– Making Sunday to trading has nothing to do with freedom, says SV parliament Kirsti Bergstø.
She believes the proposal will affect 370,000 employees in retail trade and their families. (NTB)
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