Sunday, October 30, 2016

Togstreiken is over – but the trains on Østfoldbanen goes not before Tuesday – VG

After five weeks of the strike the parties shall be finally obtained in the country a solution. According to the NSB trains will mostly start to go like normal again on Monday.

At a delayed press conference on Sunday morning could riksmegler Nils Daleide announce that the Norwegian Lokomotivmannsforbund (NLF) and the employer Range and NSB had reached a solution to the month-long togstreiken.

The recent past has been characterized by full buses and long traffic jams on the pleasant hills at the gates to Oslo from Follo and Østfold – since all of the commuter train on Østfoldbanen was set. To usual these trains about 20,000 passengers daily, also Sørlandsbanen was affected.

– the Parties agree on a new collective agreement and was agreed to request assistance from the authorities regelverksutviklingen. It recently came an answer from the authorities, which have had great importance for the solution. Conflict of interest is resolved, ” says Dalseide.

Background: What have they really been arguing about?

Happy lokførerleder

the Background for the conflict was that lokførerne would have a requirement of a national standard for lokførerutdanningen into the collective agreement, while the NSB would wait for the requirements from the authorities.

After a joint request from the parties on Sunday, has the Ministry committed to set in motion an effort to establish a national standard for competency and training for engineers.

– We have received a commitment letter in which the government promise that the national standard should be described. It should be made a cases, as well as a review and change of regulations that maintain it, we have been busy. This is not only a NICE solution, but one that should apply to everyone on the entire Norwegian railway, ” says the head of the Norwegian Lokomotivmannsforbund (NLF) Rolf Ringdal.

you Got with you? NSB cut 300 jobs

do Not train on Østfoldbanen before Tuesday

English Lokomotivmannsforbund (NLF) went out on strike 28. september after that there was not a consensus in the negotiations.

The last weeks have nearly 300 trains have been set every day as a result of the strike. 124 lokførere was Thursday in strikes after the recent escalating Wednesday. Thousands of togpendlere in the Eastern regions and is affected.

– There are many who will be called in from maternity leave and strikes. Hopefully we get the trains in place quickly. I encourage all to follow with on apps, says ceo for NSB Geir Isaksen.

see also: the Strike has cost Us 5000 dollars

Sunday night, still came the message that the lokaltogene on Østfoldbanen does not begin to go before Tuesday.

– We need time to position the trains and personnel for route. Many trains in Eastern norway will therefore still be set, type NSB on their websites.

Also arbeidsgiverorganisasjonen Range are very satisfied with Sunday’s result.

– We are pleased that the government now regulates the competence requirements and that such requirements are not tariffestet in the NSB and CargoNet, “says managing director Anne-Kari Bratten of the employers’ association Spekter to the NTB.

VG/NTB

LikeTweet

No comments:

Post a Comment