Negotiations are over between the Norsk Olje og Gass employers’ organization (oil and gas businesses) and the trade unions – SAFE (energy), Inustri Energi (energy industry) and Lederne (Norwegian executives and technical and commercial staff). The talks covered the wage increases for employees working in “platform” activities and oil services. Norsk Olje og Gass agreed to a 3.4 percent wage increase for oil rig workers but oil services unions refused to sign the agreements as employers wouldn’t negotiate certain points (pensions, pay scales…), which seems to have crystalized unions’ bitterness for next year’s negotiations. At the same time, an agreement was reached between the SAFE, Industri Energi and DSO (shipping agents) unions and the Norges Rederiforbund (Norwegian ship-owners) for an annual 2.5 percent increase for employees working on offshore floating platforms. It focuses on making some jobs more appealing. (Ref. 130455)
Norsk Olje og Gass represents oil companies (Statoil, Shell, Esso, BP) as well as ‘suppliers,’ namely drilling companies and wellmaintenance firms, businesses specialized in underwater technology, “facilities” catering, special logistics services, and so on (Sodexo, Schlumberger Norge AS, Technip Norge, Securitas, Petrotech AS…). Therefore, it is in charge of bargaining in two different albeit complementary sectors: platform operations (drilling, maintenance…) and services. The employers’ org
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