The parties in the municipal sector arrived to a negotiated solution in the main settlement on Friday night. The unions expressed in the whole satisfaction over the result.
– With tight financial constraints we have got an acceptable result. For the first time we’ve gotten our share of the financial framework. Thus, we have broken the trend of lavlønnsprofil municipal settlements, says chief negotiator Steffen Handal Uniontown municipality, which negotiated on behalf of the 129,000 employees in the municipal sector.
The wage settlement in the state and in the municipal sector started on 12 April. The parties were given until April 30 to reach agreement.
In the municipal sector negotiated LO Kommune, YS Kommune, Uniontown Municipal and Akademikerne commune with KS. In the state of retailer LO, YS State Uniondale State and Akademikerne State with Kommunaldepartementet.Rammen for settlement in 2016 is 2.4 per cent and thus on a par with front subject.
20 years since the last
It is 20 years since the last time a major settlement in the local government sector was finalized without the assistance of the Office mediator.
– Anyone who has participated in these negotiations, has reason to be proud of the result, and that we managed to reach the finish, and well before the deadline. It really is reason to commend all negotiating parties to have shown strong will to find comprehensive solutions that the entire sector can live well, says chief negotiator Per Kristian Sundnes in KS.
He believes the most important thing is that parties have agreed on major and permanent changes in the structure of the main collective agreement.
YS Municipality pointed out that they have put in place a separate category of skilled workers with vocational training from 2017.
– for many settlement was an important requirement for YS-K. This is an important victory for us. This means that expertise now paying off at all levels, says manager Erik Kollerud in YS Municipality (YS-K).
He is also pleased with the introduction of 16-year seniority ladder for all job and that it made coordination of college groups.
Integrated Payroll System
LO Kommunes negotiator Mette Nord emphasizes that it negotiated a unified pay system that safeguard all employees. For 2016, it was agreed a general increase for most of 7,300 million or more.
– One of our main requirements was rewarded for competence and measures to reduce pay differences between women and men. This requirement got among other things count for through the creation of a new category of skilled workers with additional education, says North.
The Parties agree that anyone with a three-year college education is placed at the same level in position system.
the agreement ensures that wages for Academics members shall be determined through local bargaining in the municipalities without upper frame – both in 2016 and 2017.
– local wage formation has been shown to provide our members with good results and allows municipalities have access to important academic labor. That said, I am very disappointed that we did not get approval for a similar scheme for lecturers in schools, says Jan Olav Birken garden which leads Akademikerne municipality.
Lecturer get an addition of about 14,000 kroner 2016 12,000 million in 2017, while the allocation of funds to local negotiations.
(NTB)
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