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Norway Oil Workers Threaten to Strike

Maritime Activity Reports, Inc.

June 21, 2018

© MAREK SLUSARCZYK / Adobe Stock

© MAREK SLUSARCZYK / Adobe Stock

Some 2,250 workers on Norwegian offshore oil drilling rigs and in drilling and catering services on oil producing platforms could go on strike this summer after rejecting a proposed wage deal, the Safe labor union said on Thursday.

Industri Energi, the largest labor union representing drilling workers, last month agreed to a deal, while the smaller Safe said it would ask its members to vote on the offer made by the Norwegian Shipowners' Association.

A strike could hit oil companies' exploration efforts later this summer, although a mandatory round of mediation must be held before any conflict is allowed under Norwegian law.


(Reporting by Terje Solsvik, editing by Gwladys Fouche)

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