Norway: Hotel and restaurant strike to expand on 9 and 11 May 2026 (partial 9 May addition postponed)
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Fellesforbundet has expanded the Riksavtalen hotel & restaurant strike: 40 members at 7 businesses joined from 09:00 on Saturday 9 May 2026, and 294 additional members at 36 businesses (Lillehammer, Gjøvik, Brumunddal, Hamar, Drammen) joined from 08:00 on Monday 11 May 2026. By 11 May a total of approximately 4,152 members across 322 businesses are out on strike. NHO Reiseliv has filed an expedited court challenge over the inclusion of 286 newly enrolled members in the 5th withdrawal; that hearing is scheduled for 27 May 2026.
This alert was originally created on 6 May 2026.
Effective Dates
Updates
May 7, 2026
The 9 May 2026 expansion will now only partly proceed: 40 new members at seven companies will join, while the remaining 286 planned for that date are postponed pending an expedited court hearing on 27 May 2026. Separately, Fellesforbundet announced an additional expansion on 11 May 2026 affecting 294 members at 36 companies nationwide.
Organizer
Affected Locations
- Nationwide
Sources
- https://kommunikasjon.ntb.no/pressemelding/18888347/fellesforbundet-trapper-ytterligere-opp-streiken-i-hotell-og-restaurantnaeringen?lang=no&publisherId=17846982
- https://www.aftenposten.no/norge/i/zO0qMb/326-nye-i-streik-i-restaurant-og-hotellbransjen
- https://kommunikasjon.ntb.no/pressemelding/18892544/fellesforbundet-tar-ut-nyinnmeldte-medlemmer-i-streik-fra-9-mai?publisherId=17846982
- https://e24.no/norsk-oekonomi/i/y5zqM2/fellesforbundet-nho-saksoeker-lo-nekter-286-aa-delta-i-hotellstreiken
- https://kommunikasjon.ntb.no/pressemelding/18891956/fellesforbundet-varsler-ny-opptrapping-av-streiken?publisherId=17846982
- https://www.dagsavisen.no/nyheter/nho-saksoker-lo-og-fellesforbundet-femte-streikeuttak-utsettes/10329411
- https://www.fellesforbundet.no/aktuelt/nyheter/2026/riksavtalen---sjette-uttak2/
- https://kommunikasjon.ntb.no/pressemelding/18886880/i-dag-trappes-streiken-i-hotell-og-restaurant-opp
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