The Norwegian Confederation of trade unions has decided that by the first of january 2000 shall all Norwegian workers have the right to paid leave up to three years in a stretch to get further education. The rule shall be that two years of work gives the right to one year paid leave for education. It is all to be found at URL::http://www.lo.no/tariff99/handlingsplan.html The negations are now going on. Today it is conflict about how to pay this, and there might be a strike. In Norway about 60% of the population are members of the trade unions, and that means that the trade unions are strong, maybe stronger than in any country outside Scandinavia. The Norwegian Confederation of trade unions has hardly ever lost a conflict. It is boasting that in the hard conflicts that went all over Europe after World War I, in the early twenties, it achieved more in Norway than trade unions achieved in any other country. It is exciting! -- All the best Tor Førde visit our homepage: URL::http://home.sol.no/~toforde/ email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
