Widerøe has cancelled all flights Saturday. Although the parties have been in contact during the past 24 hours, no resolution has been made between the airline and cabin crew.
So far, 11.000 passengers have been affected by the strike each day, and all of Widerøes flights are still cancelled today.
The cabin crew went on strike Wednesday, and Widerøe responsed by laying off the rest of its employees. The cabin crew wants negotiation rights for their pension plan when the new owners take over the airline, but the management refuses to accept their terms.
Last Friday, it became official that SAS had sold Widerøe to a group of investors that consists of Torghatten, Nordland fylkeskommune and Fjord 1.
Currently, only the pilots in the company have a pension plan set by a collective tariff agreement, which gives the negotiation rights. The other Widerøe employeers, however, have no influence on what happens with their pension plans in the future.
The cabin crew warns that the dialogue between the two parties may quickly break apart if the management does not present a better solution. Representatives for the management, however, stated yesterday that the strike was coming to end, which turned out not to be the case.
(NRK)
