Agreement in the municipal settlement – Academics have broken

On Wednesday night, most parties agreed to this year’s municipal settlement. The municipality of LO says it is satisfied that the parties have agreed to maintain purchasing power and improve the reward for competence and full time.

– We are pleased to have come up with a recommended proposal in this main agreement. We knew there was very little money available, but we reached an agreement where people keep purchasing power. This is partly due to the effects of last year’s pay settlement and partly due to the supplements that we managed to negotiate so far, says leader Mette Nord in LO municipality.

1.7 percent frame

The agreement has a limit of 1.7 percent, which is the same as the result in the frontal issue, which is the privately exposed industry.

The agreed supplements range from 1400 to 1900 crowns. Supplements are given starting September 1. It was also agreed to adjust the Saturday and Sunday supplement so that everyone is guaranteed a supplement of at least NOK 53, as of October 1.

In addition to financial, the parties agreed to invest in skill development and establish a committee made up of parts that will work to ensure that more people get a full position during the collective bargaining period.

Strict agreement

KS is the largest employers’ organization in the public sector, and just over 442,000 employees are employed in this area of ​​collective bargaining within the health and social, school and nursery sectors.

KS announced in advance a strict agreement in the municipal sector, and the director of working life Tor Arne Gangsø at KS is pleased that an agreement has been reached with the three most important bargaining associations in a “particularly demanding situation for Norway and for the municipal sector “.

– There are reasons to acknowledge the parties that have come to terms with the seriousness of the very special situation that the crown crisis has led to for the municipal sector and for the Norwegian economy in general, says Gangsø, who was KS’s leading negotiator. .

Negotiation Director Lizzie Ruud Thorkildsen for YS Township confirms that it has been a demanding deal and calls it “acceptable”.

– Our members get real salary growth. Given the situation in which the negotiations have developed, we are satisfied with the result, says Thorkildsen.

Unio: small sums

Unio has negotiated on behalf of 135,000 members of the municipal sector. There are, among other things, teachers in kindergartens and schools, nurses and other health personnel in the municipal health service.

– In isolation, the result in this year’s settlement is poor. This is far from what Unio wanted and made plans for when the deal began this winter, says Unio’s chief Kansas-area negotiator Steffen Handal.

The crisis in the crown and consideration for the country’s economy means there has been very little money to distribute in this year’s deal.

– In general, the member groups of Unio are guaranteed a growth in real wages if the expected growth in prices is 1.5 percent, says Handal.

Academics broke

Organization of workers The academics, for their part, broke off negotiations with KS.

– KS showed little willingness to meet our requirements. With this offer, KS is developing the municipalities in the wrong direction, says leader Jan Olav Birkenhagen from Akademikerne municipality.

A lawsuit from one of the Academics’ 13 member associations, the Norwegian Medical Association, made things difficult for KS. The requirement was that, in addition to an average of seven hours a week, GPs should be able to choose whether they want an emergency room.

– The entire system is based on GPs who come to the emergency room. So it is not possible to let the individual physician choose when she will work. In practice, this will mean that the inhabitants of some municipalities run the risk of being left without an emergency room when they need emergency help, says Gangsø on KS.

– Municipalities are responsible for 24-hour medical care for all residents, so KS simply cannot accept this requirement, he adds.