The LO-affiliated union Industri Energi (IE, now IE&FLT after a recent merger) filed a demand for a collective agreement with SLB UK at the beginning of 2023, a company based in the United Kingdom with a Norwegian-registered branch (NUF). The conglomerate also has a Norwegian company \u2013 Schlumberger Norge AS \u2013 which is not involved in the dispute between IE and SLB UK. After negotiations and mediation in the dispute were unsuccessful, a strike was initiated by 9 IE members employed by SLB UK from March 30 to April 27, 2023. LO announced a sympathy action among members in Archer. NR (Norwegian Shipowners’ Association) contested that the conditions for a sympathy action in the Main Agreement section 17.1 were met. LO filed a lawsuit in the Labor Court to determine the legality and contractual nature of the announced sympathy action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In a groundbreaking ruling from the Labor Court on February 5, new light was shed on the legality of sympathy strikes in Norway, especially in cases involving foreign employers. The ruling, of above-average principled significance, provides important clarifications on the scope of the Main Agreement between LO (Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions) and the Norwegian Shipowners’ Association and sets a precedent for future labor disputes with international elements. With this ruling, workers’ rights are strengthened, enhancing the ability to enforce tariff demands against foreign employers in Norway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":14634,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-law"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n