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This is evidenced by a look in the Transport Worker. Greater Oslo Local Traffic (SL) has chosen Norgesbuss Oslo as the operator of the five bus routes that have been put out to tender in Akershus. According to Jørgensen, there is social dumping because the pension agreement and group life insurance are not included in the collective agreement. The decision means that four of the five routes in Akershus change operator. Schøyen, Nettbuss and Nedre Romerike Busstrafikk have operated four of the five routes, and Norgesbuss one.
- I am angry because politicians and SL undermine our pay and working conditions by not making demands for pensions and group life insurance in the invitation to tender. Not only do we have employers to fight against, but also politicians and bureaucrats. The disclaimer that both politicians and bureaucrats are pursuing is completely unacceptable, says Jørgensen to Transportarbeideren.
He believes the bus workers have now been confirmed that it is important to get pension provisions into the collective bargaining agreement. So important that members are willing to go for it if they don't get it into the collective bargaining agreement next year.
Economically most favorable
Torstein Teigland in SL tells Ny Tid that they chose the tender from Norgesbuss Oslo because it was economically most favorable. Norgesbuss has, however, said that they have included the costs for pension and insurance rights in the price of the tender, and expect demands from the drivers for this in the collective bargaining agreement this spring.
According to Kjell Knarbakk of Norgesbuss Oslo, the company has taken into account the cost of pension rights in its tender offer, and he also says that the trade union movement has signaled that requirements for pension provisions will be set in the tariff settlement. When asked why Norgesbuss Oslo is the only bus company in the Oslo region that has not included pension rights in the collective bargaining agreement, Knarbakk replies that the drivers have chosen to run a joint bus which gives NOK XNUMX more per hour. In Bærum, on the other hand, they have made another choice and have pension provisions in the agreement.
According to Jørgensen, the drivers at the tariff settlement in 1986 were given the choice of getting an extra five an hour each time they drove the articulated bus or to get pension rights into the collective bargaining agreement. The drivers of what was then called Oslo and Follo Bus Traffic, then chose the scheme with higher hourly rates for driving a joint bus rather than pension rights.
Not impressed
Petter Jørgensen is not impressed that Norgesbuss has taken pension rights into account in the tender and emphasizes to Ny Tid that Norgesbuss Oslo is the only bus company in the Oslo region that does not have pension rights and group life insurance in the collective agreement.
- But they expect demands for this in the collective bargaining agreement.
- They probably do, yes. Because then the drivers have to pay for their pension and insurance rights themselves, says Petter Jørgensen to Ny Tid.
- When the company has not included insurance and pension rights in the tender, this will be removed from the framework in the collective bargaining agreement, and will nevertheless go to salary. It is important for us to get through this in the coming settlement to avoid similar things in the future. Schøyen is the company that now has the best pension scheme, and they are paying for it now, Jørgensen concludes.
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