A majority of the LO-congress can say yes to the permanent protection of Lofoten, Vesterålen and Senja (LoVeSe) after the three big LO-the federation has gone into this, join the NTB.
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on Wednesday endorsed the congress to the Commerce and the Office to follow in the tracks of the trade union and the Norwegian Tjenestemannslag and support the setting to protect the areas outside Lofoten, Vesterålen and Senja against oil drilling.
– With this decision it will not be the basis for the impact assessment in these areas, ” says Trine Lise Sundnes, forbundsleder in Trade and Office, the to VG.
– Historical
Also El – and IT-connected has notified that they support the proposal. This increases the likelihood of a majority for the protection of the LO-congress in may next year. It will change the Norwegian oil policy, believes the environmental organization the Bellona foundation.
– LO has always been one of the biggest drivers of to open these vulnerable areas. Now the wind is obviously about to turn in the Lofoten islands-the debate, ” says Bellona foundation leader Frederic Hauge in a press release.
Also the leader of Nature and Youth Ingrid Skjoldvær rejoicing over the decision and believes it is historic.
the trade Unions shows that they have taken into themselves that we need to let the oil lie in our most vulnerable areas, ” she says.
– Should konsekvensutredes
LO leader Gerd Kristiansen, on the other hand stuck by the fact that the areas of Lofoten, Vesterålen and Senja should konsekvensutredes for oil exploration.
She refers to handlingsprogrammet as the LO-congress passed in 2013, where it states that “the LO will work for the commissioning of impact assessments in the closed and unopened parts of the Barents sea, the Norwegian sea and the Skagerrak”.
I think this is a good and balanced decision that takes up into himself the various interests, ” says Kristiansen of the Norwegian newspaper Dagsavisen.
Forbundsleder Leif Sande in the LO-related Industry Energy have notified the struggle to avoid a decision on the protection of the areas.
We stand on that it is important to konsekvensutrede Lofoten and Vesterålen, because it is important for workplaces and Norway’s revenue, he says.
Also the supplier network Petro Arctic is a supporter of konsekvensutrede LoVeSe, to ensure stable national revenues, jobs and spin-offs.
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