Norway oil drilling companies, unions agree wage deal, averting strike action

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28/06/2023 20:38

OSLO, June 28 (Reuters) - Three Norwegian labour unions
have agreed to a wage deal with the owners of floating offshore
oil drilling rigs, preventing the outbreak of strike action that
would have disrupted exploration, the unions said late on
Wednesday.
    The deal between the Norwegian Shipowners' Association and
the Industri Energi, Safe and DSO labour unions comprises 7,500
workers.
    Unions had said that 1,644 workers on 12 rigs would go on
strike initially if the talks failed, but would not disrupt the
current production of oil and gas.
    A strike could also have escalated within days, potentially
impacting output at a later time.
    Safe, Industri Energi and DSO negotiated on behalf of
workers on mobile offshore units as well as platform drilling
crews on permanent installations.

 (Reporting by Terje Solsvik, editing by Nora Buli)
 ((terje.solsvik@thomsonreuters.com; +47 918 666 70))