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There is still no agreement between the leaders and Norwegian Oil and Gas (Norog). As previously announced, the strike will intensify starting at midnight on Monday, October 5. This was announced by the Lederne workers’ organization in a statement last night.
On Monday morning, the oil giant Equinor writes that a total of 54 members of the Lederne union will go on strike in Gudrun, Gina Krog and Kvitebjørn. The Valemon field is connected to Kvitebjørn and must therefore also be closed.
Production on the Johan Sverdrup platform will continue until further notice. There, 43 members of the Leaders have been on strike since Wednesday morning.
Eight percent of Norwegian production
The strike has been going on since Wednesday of last week.
In addition to the four fields operated by Equinor, Gjøa operated by Neptune Energy and Vega operated by Wintershall Dea are also due to close, according to a press release from Norog this weekend.
In total, these six fields produce 330,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day. This corresponds to about eight percent of the total oil and gas production on the Norwegian shelf.
I can’t say how long they close
According to Equinor communications consultant Morten Eek, the four fields they operate produce more than 200,000 oil equivalents per day.
– It’s mainly a gas issue, he says.
Eek says they began to close the platforms when the climb was a fact at midnight.
– Now we are closed because the strike has intensified. We cannot say how long it will be closed. We have started taking Gina Krog and Gudrun’s staff. Everyone over the age of 90 in Kvitebjørn will stay because they are security personnel. Valemon is remotely controlled and there are no personnel on board, he says.
The Gina Krog and Gudrun platforms each have around 20 employees.
These strikes
In September, the leaders broke off negotiations with Norwegian Oil and Gas. According to Norog, they made a financial offer that was accepted by the Industri Energi and Safe unions, which represent 85 percent of offshore employees.
Managers require collective agreement coverage for their members who, after the adjustment and new technology, will work in ground control rooms for part of the year.
– The employer party did not want to resolve this and said flatly that no to the demand without promoting any concrete alternative during the mediation. It is incomprehensible because our claim would not impose additional costs on companies, says Leaders union leader Audun Ingvartsen in tonight’s message.
In a statement before the weekend, the head of negotiations at Norog, Jan Hodneland, said that the expansion of the tariff area is beyond what can be negotiated in the platform agreement.
According to Norog, your offer provides real salary growth. The offer offers offshore employees:
- A total salary supplement of NOK 4,700.
- In addition, the shift and night allowance will be increased by NOK 3.50 to NOK 80 per hour.
- The conference supplement is increased to NOK 100.
- The vacation allowance increases from NOK 2,025 to NOK 2,060 per day.
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