Strike in the energy sector – the trade union

the Negotiations with the KS Company broke down late the night of Friday. It was the employer’s requirement to cut in the rest days that now makes it a strike for employees in municipal and county municipal utility companies.

Strike from Friday, 23. september

After two days of mediation came not parties to the agreement in this year’s tariffoppgjør – which means that there will be strike from the end of the workday beginning from Friday, 23. september.

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There are organisations the trade union, EL and IT Associated, Delta, Maskinistforbundet, NITO and Tekna as negotiated with the arbeidsgiverorganisasjonen KS Business.

Unreasonable requirements

It is the ‘ requirement to reduce avspaseringsordningen for beredskapsvakter in the energy sector from three to two days which is the reason why the parties cannot come to an agreement. In practice, this means that most of the people who have ten guards in the year on seven days in a row, lose ten rest days in the year.

Stein Guldbrandsen, head of Section transport planning and engineering in the trade union, says that the requirements to arbeidsgiversida was unreasonable and that one only requires equal treatment.

After seven days on the job, we want to keep three rest days. It is the equivalent as employees of utility companies organised in the confederation of Norwegian enterprise has had in the collective agreement for a long time.

Would reduce the number of rest days

the union For emphasizing that a part of bruddgrunnlaget is about to get into hviledagsbestemmelse in the collective agreement.

– Up to 2015 has the working environment act, secured the necessary rest days. Now is the impaired, and ensures only two rest days. When KS Business (arbeidsgiverorganisasjonen) just want to lie on the statutory minimum standard, we believe they do not provide security to the employees. Which in this case means that there will be strikes, ” says Guldbrandsen.

Important emergency preparedness

Beredskapsvakta in the energy sector is one of the most critical in society. It is necessary with short response times, and both private individuals, companies, and hospitals depend on that beredskapsvaktene rush out as fast as possible during a power failure.

– Cut the number of rest days is unreasonable and could lead to degraded readiness, ” says Guldbrandsen.

Here is the strike:

TELEMARK
Kragerø Energi AS
Kragerø Energi Holding AS
Tinn Energi AS, the
Notodden Energi AS

MØRE ROMSDAL
Rauma Energi AS

the trade union has 14 members in the strike in the first withdrawal.

Pressevakt 23.-25. september: informasjonsrådgiver Nils Fredrik Hansen, tel. 92 43 43 26