{
  "id": 5567874,
  "title": "Fikk advarsel fra SAS: – Ren intimidering av tillitsvalgte",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/fikk-advarsel-fra-sas-ren-intimidering-av-tillitsvalgte",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-04T13:20:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "E24 Norway",
    "slug": "e24-norway",
    "url": "https://e24.no/naeringsliv/i/0pOpBB/fikk-advarsel-fra-sas-ren-intimidering-av-tillitsvalgte"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "I late June, Roger Klokset was summoned to a meeting with SAS at Gardermoen. As a union leader, it's almost routine for him to attend such meetings with staff. However, this meeting was not about another pilot's employment status; it was about his own. Klokset took another union representative and his lawyer with him to the meeting. He was then informed that they intended to give him a written warning for breaching the silence obligation. The same day, Swedish union leader Mattias Thiel was also summoned to a meeting - this time with an external lawyer's firm. Thiel brought his own lawyer and attended the meeting where he was informed that they intended to dismiss him. Klokset believes that both the written warning to him and Thiel's dismissal are a form of intimidation, aimed at suppressing their ability to influence. He considers this to be a serious violation of union rights, which is a basic human right. SAS has been presented with the criticisms and claims in this article. SAS's communications chief Øystein Schmidt states that SAS does not comment on individual cases of employment matters. SAS maintains that all employees are subject to the same employment contracts, company guidelines, standards, and expectations. They do not make exceptions or treat employees differently based on position, seniority, or personal relationships. Schmidt emphasizes the high value placed on the Scandinavian labor model and the important and constructive collaboration with employees and their representatives. The basis for the written warning to Klokset is the distribution of an employment list, which was sent out by the tripartite union for the four pilot unions in Norway, as well as in Sweden and Denmark. This list shows which pilots fly which flights and which pilots are promoted or demoted. Pilots can also monitor how their \"place in line\" is maintained. Such promotions and demotions are based on seniority rules, according to Klokset. According to tariff agreements, the list should be compiled and published no later than July 1st. SAS did this every year, but this year they only sent the list to the unions. E24 has seen documentation that SAS sent out the list in 2025, and in 2026 they stated that the sending of the list would be \"different from previous years due to digitalization and efficiency gains.\" Union leaders agreed that the list should not be sent to members. Klokset considers this a breach of the agreement and that SAS has moved this dispute to a personal sanction against him as an employee. He claims that his colleagues on the pilot union's board all agreed to send the list out, stating that SAS representatives did not protest: \"All of us who were in the room took it as there was no problem. We sent it out.\" Klokset believes the basis for the warning is a disagreement between the union and SAS over the tariff agreement and that SAS has transferred this disagreement to a personal sanction against him as an employee. He states that he did not personally decide to send out the list, as it was decided by the board of the four pilot unions. Klokset says he has contested the warning and that the union is prepared to take it to labor court.",
  "summary": "I Sverige har fagforeningstoppen fått sparken. Samtidig har norske Roger Klokset fått en skriftlig…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}