Norway’s government announced on Tuesday that it had referred the dispute between oil and gas workers and their employer to an independent arbitration institution, forcing the country’s legislation to end the strike.
The government decided to intervene after the strike shut down three small oil and gas fields in the North Sea yesterday and as Norway’s powerful trade union Lederne announced it would continue strike action in the coming days, demanding better wages.
“The reported worsening of the mobilization was very worrying in today’s situation, with the energy crisis and with the geopolitical situation, while there is a war going on in Europe,” Labor Minister Marte Mies Persen explained in a press release.
Norwegian law allows the government to compel the management and unions of each enterprise to comply with the decision of an independent ombudsman.
Yesterday, employers in the sector warned that a continuation of the strike on Saturday would massively reduce production: they said 56% of the amount of gas Norway exports would be lost and the amount of oil lost would amount to 341,000 barrels of crude a day.
After the reduction of Russian gas deliveries due to the war in Ukraine, Norway has become Europe’s main alternative gas supplier.
SOURCE: AMPE
Source: Capital
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