Broken English-mediation – strike continues – Aftenbladet.no

The National Agency Nils Dalseide gave notice of breach awhile before at 5:30. When the parties had been sitting at the negotiating table for over 16 hours.

– The parties have announced that they stand by their offers that are incompatible with each other and that there are no grounds to get an interim solution. Then we had to conclude that further mediation is not likely to lead to an amicable solution as an alternative to a conflict, says Nils Dalseide.

While the tone between the parties has been very unforgiving in public, the atmosphere and dialogue during mediation long as both positive and constructive, according to the national mediator Dalseide.

But after that NTB know the atmosphere very bad towards breakthrough after at 5am at dawn Saturday morning.

– We have insofar been closer than we were originally, but not close enough for a solution, says Dalseide said.

Pizza and soda

At 2:30 o’clock arrived Parat leader Hans Erik Skjæggerud premises border in downtown Oslo, and half an hour later it was delivered soda and pizza to tired and hungry people on both sides of the negotiating table.

But the food and drink despite, rather than approaching, it was more and more clear that the parties were too far apart.

Hans-Erik Skjæggerud they say in the talks that started on Friday said they are willing to walk away from their original primary requirements.

– We have moved much since the previous round at many different points. Even what has been the most important for us – to get a collective agreement with the parent company. There we have presented alternatives means that this lapse, and that we do require to get a necessary bond to the company, but that it should limit the company’s needs, but help to ensure our members’ jobs, says Parat leader.

He will not elaborate on what kind of bond in question.

– Only takes

Halvor Vatnar, head of Norwegian Pilot Union (NPU), it says under the voluntary negotiations Friday and Saturday night were led more real negotiations than when the parties parted a week ago.

Vatnar argues, however, that the company is riding principles and management does not care about cost only they are allowed to crush tariff cooperation between pilots.

The pilots let according Vatnar forward a proposal for a comprehensive solution that they think overall would save the company tens of millions of dollars.

– We have given in previous conversations, and we has given more in these last negotiations, including through greater flexibility and elimination of compensations. Previously we have pension and insurance in the pot. The problem is that the employer only takes without giving anything back, says pilots leader.

Disappointment

Also in English is believed that stretched far, disappointment that the strike continues, Naturally great.

– We are very disappointed that we failed to come to an agreement. And we are extremely disappointed considering those customers who currently also being affected by the strike, which then of course continue, says communications manager Anne-Sissel Skånvik in English.

– We have added a lot to the table, we have stretched us very far. We have also given all 700 pilots in Scandinavia a position guaranteed so they should be completely confident in their jobs, she adds. (© NTB)