Norway
The Fagforbundet municipal union has set out the main elements of its demands for the 2010 bargaining round. Apart from an overall real wage increase there is a clear focus on delivering equal pay and tackling low pay, including a focus on sectors dominated by women workers. The union also wants to see pay properly reflect skills and competence and to compensate for difficult working conditions.
Read more at > Fagforbundet (NO)
(January 2017) White-collar union Vision has set out its main bargaining demands in its negotiations with the KFS organisation for local enterprises. The union wants to see competitive salaries and action to improve well-being at work. It also wants employees to be on permanent contracts with employers providing objective justifications for any use of fixed-term contracts of agency staff. Longer paid holidays, individual working time accounts and shorter hours for workers in establishment requiring 24-hour cover are also among the demands.
(August 2016) The public sector federations of the CCOO and UGT confederations have set out some key collective bargaining demands. The CCOO federations put their proposals to the Ministry of Finance and Public Administration at the end of July calling for a re-establishment of collective bargaining, creation of 356000 jobs and an end to restrictions on recruitment. They also want to see a recovery of purchasing power for public sector workers, a return to the 35-hour week and recuperation of other cuts to pay and conditions made since 2010. The FeSP-UGT federation demands include a 3% pay
Public sector unions have set out key demands for an end to pay cuts, a return to the 35-hour week and other measures to reverse the austerity imposed on workers over the last five years. The unions are underlining the need for a proper process of collective bargaining to negotiate the changes in the face of continuing political uncertainty following the recent general election. Read more at > STAL (PT) And at > SINTAP (PT)
