Norway's Sekkingstad AS, a salmon and trout processor which exports to retail customers in over 50 countries, is trying to roll back a successful struggle by the Norwegian Food Workers Union NNN, which last year won recognition and a collective agreement at the company's processing sub-contractor following a 35-day strike.

Last September, the NNN struck Sekkingstad sub-contractor Norse Production following a long dispute over the company's working conditions and treatment of foreign workers. Faced with a strike which generated substantial international support and the prospect of solidarity action by other Norwegian unions [1], Norse signed the collective agreement for the fish processing sector.

Sekkingstad, however, was never reconciled to union recognition. They engineered the bankruptcy of Norse Production and established a new sub-contractor on the same site, Sund Laksepakkeri, with a carry-over management but none of the Norse workers and no collective agreement.

The NNN has requested support in their campaign against this egregious union-busting. CLICK HERE to send a message to Sekkingstad AS and Sund Laksepakkeri! [2]