Norway 24,000 people went on strike in several sectors after negotiations over wages failed

The main Norwegian trade union confederation announced that about 3,000 of its members will go on strike scheduled for Monday, after negotiations between trade unions and the employers' organization failed.

Norway's construction, transport and hotel sectors will go on strike from Monday after negotiations over wages between the country's two main unions and employers' representatives failed, unions said Sunday.

The main Norwegian trade union LO announced that 22,947 of its members would go on strike. The same applies to the 1,441 members of another small trade union (YS).

According to observers, this widespread strike in this country of 5.5 million people will affect the sectors of construction, transportation, goods production and hotels in Oslo.

Negotiations between LO, YS and the employers' organization NHO have been underway since Friday. Sunday The main Norwegian trade union and the YS union rejected the proposal put forward by the mediator.

"It is unfortunate that we have resorted to a strike. We do not do it lightly," union official Peggy Hessen-Volsvik told a news conference, adding that the strike would begin on Monday morning.

The union wanted to increase purchasing power by 5%, according to the Norwegian media.

Britain the largest nurses union announces its willingness to extend the strike until Christmas

Britain's largest nurses' union has said it is ready to extend its strikes until Christmas, following a government-proposed 5% wage increase.

The head of Britain's largest nurses' union announced Sunday that nurses are ready to strike until Christmas, with anticipation of a tightening of movement looming at the end of this month.

The workers in this sector, who have been carrying out since December an unprecedented strike movement since the establishment of their union, the "Royal College of Nursing" (Royal College of Nursing - RCN), on Friday, rejected a wage increase proposed by the government represented in raising wages by 5% and one exceptional payment. Not less than 1250 pounds (1425 euros).

On the other hand, the union announced a new 48-hour strike, which will start on April 30 and include for the first time emergency services, intensive care units or cancer.

If no agreement is reached by early May when the mandate expires for the current strike movement for wage demands in the UK where inflation exceeds 10%, a new vote should be organised.

"If this vote is successful, we will have strikes until Christmas," union general secretary Pat Callen told the BBC on Sunday.

A government spokesman described Friday's rejection of the executive's proposals as "disappointing." "The escalation in movement is very worrying for patients," he added.

The cost of living crisis in the United Kingdom led to a series of social movements for months to demand higher wages, in both public services and the private sector.