Norway police to strike for 90 minutes
AFP
OSLO (AFP) - Norway's leading police union has called on its members to observe a 90-minute strike over work conditions Thursday.
"We expect the strike will be widely observed and that it will affect all the districts in the country," said Arne Johannessen, president of the 12,000-member Politiets Fellesforbund union, which includes almost all police officials.
The union is protesting the Norwegian government's decision to decree police work hours without negotiating with their representatives.
The country's police department said it was too early to announce measures to help prevent a potential rise of infractions during the strike on Thursday.
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Image of a policeman investigating a scene in Oslo in 2005, from AFP.