SAS airline cabin crew in Norway plan to go on strike from August 8
SAS airline cabin crew in Norway plan to go on strike from August 8 Aug 3 (Reuters) - Cabin crew members at Scandinavian airline SAS in Norway have rejected a proposed wage settlement and plan to go on strike from August 8 unless a revised deal is agreed by then, the Fellesforbundet labour union said in a statement on Monday.
A majority of the union's members rejected the agreement, and 468 employees plan to go on strike as a result, Fellesforbundet said.
The head of negotiations for Fellesforbundet, Dag-Einar Sivertsen, said he sees a possibility that a strike could be averted.
A second union, Parat, said its members had also rejected the settlement and could call a strike at short notice unless a deal is agreed.
SAS cabin crew members have lagged behind wage developments in society in general, Fellesforbundet said.
The carrier's cabin crew in Norway last went on strike in August 2024, in a conflict lasting for four days.
SAS is disappointed by the outcome of the union votes but will prepare the grounds for new talks as soon as possible, a spokesperson for the airline told news agency NTB.
(Reporting by Elviira Luoma, editing by Terje Solsvik)
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