Started on 24 April, strike action in the hospitality sector finally came to a close with an agreement between the employers’ confederation, NHO, and employers in tourism (NHO Reiseliv) on the one hand, and the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO) with the private sector union Fellesforbundet on the other. Unions are pleased with an agreement that formalizes the importance of local level negotiations, which should allow for unions to gain a foothold in hotels and restaurants. However this strike action has proved to be costly for all involved.
The need to secure local level negotiations. Fellesborbundet affirmed that it had not relished the strike action but that the employers’ standpoint had forced this option as a means of securing both real wage rises as well as local level negotiations over wages. Local level negotiation was a particularly significant point because it give workers the possibility of both contributing to creating value and directly enjoying the benefits via higher salaries, thus legitimizing union presence and con
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