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Parat and NHO agreed to a new agreement, but the Norwegian Workers’ Union still has around 2,000 striking guards.
AGREEMENT: 420 Parat guards return to work Tuesday after an agreement with NHO.
Håkon Mosvold Larsen
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Fix: E24 first announced that the guard strike was over. Is not correct. The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions has not reached an agreement with NHO and still has 2,000 guards on strike. The error was corrected at 21:02.
On Monday an agreement was signed between Parat and NHO on the security guard strike, which has lasted about a month and a half.
Parat chief negotiator Lars Petter Larsen says the guards have complied with his demands.
– The salary supplements mean that the salary of the security guard increases this year and next. In addition to the impact of higher supplement demands on this settlement, we have received acceptance that the wage level in the industry will rise even higher. We also agreed that the parties at the end of January each year will negotiate an increase in wage rates, says Larsen.
– relieved
A new agreement gives the guards a general supplement of NOK 4.50 per hour. Also, the requirement to increase supplements at night and at the weekend by NOK 2 per. hour fulfilled.
NHO Service og Handel reports that 420 Ready Guards at Securitas and Avarn Security will return to work starting Tuesday morning.
The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (NAF) still has about 2,000 guards on strike, according to the NHO report.
– It was an expensive deal, but we are relieved that the conflict with Parat is over, says Anne-Cecilie Kaltenborn, NHO Director of Service and Commerce.
E24 has contacted Stina Bergsten, communications advisor for the Norwegian Trade Union Confederation, who confirms that the strike by the security guards continues.
In a statement, the Norwegian Trade Union Confederation writes that they record that Parat has agreed with NHO on a new agreement for security guards.
Can be intensified
The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions has not been part of these negotiations and will continue the strike, according to the report.
– Since the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions has not been invited to such negotiations, the union has not been able to take a position on any negotiating solution, says trade union leader Anita Johansen.
Johansen explains over the phone with E24 that they have not yet been in negotiations and that they have not been involved in the negotiation process.
– Before the strike ends, we must review the agreement that has been established between NHO and Parat. We hope to reserve time tomorrow to review the agreement. Until further notice, the strike continues. We have just over 2,000 guards on strike, and if we do not agree with the agreement between Parat and NHO, it is natural for the strike to intensify, says Johansen.
A month and a half of strike
On September 16, 803 guards went on strike after violating mediation. Since then, the strike has intensified several times, and on Monday a total of 2,390 guards were on strike.
In addition to purely monetary demands, the parties have disagreed on involuntary part-time work, fixed versus hourly wage, and conditions for apprentices.
The strike has affected, among other things, entrance controls, shopping malls, receptions and mobile and zone guards throughout the country, but especially in eastern Norway. The work stoppage caused, among other things, that the Oslo bus terminal had to close at 8 at night.
