NORWAY: OSLO STRIKE SHUTS STORES.

Record ID: 342056

  • Title: NORWAY: OSLO STRIKE SHUTS STORES.
  • Date: 12th November 1961
  • Summary: 1. GV GLASSWARE STORE. 0.05 2. CU SIGN IN WINDOW "CLOSED BY STRIKE". 0.07 3. LV DOBLOUG STORE. 0.10 4. LV PAN.. PICKETS IN ENTRANCE PAN TO WINDOWS. 0.14 5. CU SIGN 'CLOSED BY STRIKE'. 0.16 6. GV STEEN AND STROM STORE. 0.21 7. SV PICKETS AT ENTRANCE TURN AWAY CUSTOMER. 0.25 8. SV NOTICE IN WINDOW 'CLOSED BY STRIKE' 0.27 9. GV 'BLADSENTRALEN' FACTORY, DISTRIBUTORS OF NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES. 0.31 10. CU NAME ON FACTORY. 0.34 11. GV PAN INT.. MAGAZINES PILED UP. 0.38 12. CU SIGN 'CLOSED BY STRIKE'. 0.40 13. LV PICKETS GUARD FACTORY. 0.43 Initials JRG/S/WS/MMcG Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 27th November 1961 12:00
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  • Location: OSLO, NORWAY
  • Country: Norway
  • Reuters ID: LVAE53SBH1ZVG4HA5WQQ7TX39X0L
  • Story Text: THE MOST SERIOUS STRIKE TO HIT NORWEGIAN COMMERCE SINCE 1920 STARTED NOV 9. SOME 8000 CLERKS AND WORKERS STAYED AWAY FROM WORK CLOSING 600 FIRMS, INCLUDING MOST OF THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST STORES.

    IN OSLO, THE STRIKE ALSO AFFECTED NEWSPAPER AND PUBLISHING FIRMS. ANOTHER STRIKE HAS BEEN CALLED FOR NOVEMBER 17 BY THE 11,000-MEMBER TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION, AFTER A BREAK-DOWN IN WAGE NEGOTIATIONS.

    THE CURRENT STRIKE FOLLOWS A BREAKDOWN IN NEW WAGE AGREEMENTS AND COMES IN THE MIDDLE OF A MAJOR INFLATION IN NORWAY.

    THIS MONTH THE PRICE OF BREAD ROSE - FOR THE FOURTH TIME SINCE MARCH.
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