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record low oil prices and the global koronautbruddet has led to massepermitteringer in the Norwegian oil industry.
At Kvaerner in Verdal has 300 contracted workers have been sent home as a result of the decreasing oil prices.
the Conditions will be even worse if not action is taken, believes verftsdirektør Erik Stiklestad.
– We now see that whether or not new projects will be started, so will the number increase after easter and ongoing basis throughout the year, ” he says to NRK .
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the Leaders of LO and NHO are now together to support skattegrep that they think might gain momentum in the oil industry. New projects will create 40.000 man-years, they believe.
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LO-boss Hans-Christian Gabrielsen reject that there is talk about tax cuts to the fossilnæringen.
– This is not about tax cuts. It’s about making sure we get triggered investments which secures employment throughout our country, ” he says to NRK.
SAFE EMPLOYMENT: LO-boss Hans-Christian Gabrielsen believes the tax measures will secure Norwegian jobs.
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the Managing director of the NHO , Ole E. Almlid, require, together with the LO now measures that ensure continued operations in the Norwegian oil service industry.
– It is better to pay a little less tax now, and would rather pay taxes later so that we get us through this crisis. So that we in a few years may pay a little more tax, then the level of activity is up and companies have gone through this, says Almlid to NRK.
a LITTLE LESS NOW, MORE LATER: – It is better to pay a little less tax now, and would rather pay taxes later so that we get through this crisis right now, says Almlid.
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According to the treasury department’s calculations of the proposal from LO and NHO, the state will be able to miss 80 billion in 2020, but the money will be able to reach the coffers again when the industry has picked up.
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Neither the LO or NHO says that the proposal, their is about pure skatteletter for the oil industry.
The opinion do not share the socialist left Kari Elisabeth Kaski.
SKEPTICAL: socialist left Kari Elisabeth Kaski.
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– No, I’m not completely agree with it. Because it is just to dump a greater portion of the risk on the community and the state. It is, especially in the times we are in now with low oil prices, more uncertainty and a green shift on the stairs, something that I’m very skeptical, ” she says to NRK.
Oil and energy minister Tina Bru (H) says that the government looks at skatteforslaget, and that the oil industry is in a difficult situation as the government takes seriously.
– It is on the shoulders of this industry want to build the new, green solutions. So I will not dismiss the proposal as coming from the now. We must go thoroughly into it, she says to NRK.
CONSIDERING: Oil and energy minister Tina Bru (H) says that the government looks at skatteforslaget.
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