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Telenor Fra Verk Til Børs Eller Fra Forvaltning Til Pengemaskin Telenor Fra verk til Børs Eller fra forvaltning til pengemaskin Roar Eilertsen Stein Stugu Februar 2007 De Facto Kunnskapssenter for fagorganiserte Forord Denne rapporten om Telenor, ”Fra verk til børs” er utarbeidet av De Facto – Kunnskapssenter for fagorganiserte på oppdrag fra EL & IT Forbundet høsten 2006/vinteren 2007. I arbeidet med rapporten har EL & IT Forbundet og de tillitsvalgte i Telenor stilt et omfattende arkivmateriale til vår disposisjon. I tillegg har vi snakket med mange tillitsvalgte og ledere, både innenfor og utenfor dagens Telenor. Vi benytter anledningen til å takke alle som har bidratt med opplysninger og stilt opp til diskusjoner i vårt arbeid med rapporten. Spesielt vil vi takke forbundssekretær Henning Solhaug og konserntillitsvalgt for EL & IT i Telenor, Per Gunnar Salomonsen, som begge har vært viktige tilretteleggere, døråpnere og diskusjonspartnere gjennom hele denne prosessen. Målsettingen med rapporten har vært å oppsummere og analysere viktige erfaringer som fagbevegelsen og de ansatte i Telenor har hatt med de dramatiske og krevende omstillingene de har vært gjennom de siste 10-15-årene. Veien fra det engang så trauste og tradisjonstunge Televerket til dagens internasjonaliserte børsgigant Telenor ASA har (også) vært preget av en nærmest kontinuerlig prosess for å svekke fagbevegelsens stilling og innflytelse og i det fortsatt statseide storkonsernet. Dette er erfaringer som har stor relevans, både i forhold til den aktuelle debatten om målsettingene med statlig eierskap og i forhold til mulige, tilsvarende prosesser i andre statsselskaper. Rapporten har også med en gjennomgang av den rødgrønne regjeringens eierskapsmelding, St.meld. nr. 13 (2006-2007). Som et apropos til meldingens oppsiktsvekkende mangel på konkrete tiltak for å virkeliggjøre ambisjonene om et ”aktiv og langsiktig eierskap”, presenterer vi mot slutten av denne rapporten (noen av) de tiltakene som eierskapsmeldingen kanskje burde hatt med? Vi håper at oppsummeringene og analysene som presenteres i rapporten kommer til nytte i fagbevegelsens diskusjoner og arbeid med faglige strategier for å møte de mange utfordringene som oppstår når statsbedrifter skal sendes på børs og ut i verden. Oslo, februar 2007 Stein Stugu Roar Eilertsen 2 Innholdsfortegnelse: 1. INNLEDNING..................................................................................................................6 2. SAMMENDRAG OG NOEN KONKLUSJONER........................................................7 3. KAMPEN OM LIBERALISERING AV TELEVERKET.........................................13 3.1. HERMANSEN-UTVALGET ............................................................................................13 3.2. ”EN FRIERE STILLING FOR TELEVERKET ”...................................................................14 3.3. EN AGGRESSIV BEDRIFTSLEDELSE .............................................................................15 4. TELEVERKET BLIR STATSAKSJESELSKAP.......................................................19 4.1. TELE- OG DATAFORBUNDET 1993 ............................................................................19 4.2. LO –KONGRESSEN 1993 ............................................................................................21 5. OPPRETTELSEN AV NAVO.......................................................................................22 6. HVEM SKAL REPRESENTERE DE ANSATTE? ....................................................23 6.1. HVEM SKAL SITTE I STYRET? .....................................................................................23 6.2. SAMARBEID OVER FORBUNDSGRENSENE?..................................................................24 7. MOT BØRSNOTERING AV TELENOR....................................................................25 7.1. FUSJON MED TELIA?..................................................................................................25 7.2. BØRSNOTERING.........................................................................................................26 8. UTSKILLINGEN AV BRAVIDA.................................................................................29 8.1. OPPSPLITTING OG NEDBEMANNING I BRAVIDA ..........................................................32 8.1.1. Umoe IKT.........................................................................................................33 8.1.2. Relacom ............................................................................................................33 8.1.3. Geomatikk.........................................................................................................33 9. ANTALL ANSATTE......................................................................................................35 9.1. RASJONALISERING.....................................................................................................36 9.1.1. Telenor Nye Muligheter....................................................................................36 9.1.2. Store rasjonaliseringer i 1997..........................................................................37 9.1.3. Prosjekt –98 og liberaliseringen i 1998 ...........................................................37 9.1.4. Delta 4 og dagens situasjon .............................................................................37 9.2. OUTSOURCING...........................................................................................................38 9.2.1. Første bølge......................................................................................................38 9.2.2. Telenor Media ..................................................................................................38 9.2.3. Renhold og kantine...........................................................................................39 9.2.4. Telenor Inkasso og Telenor Finans..................................................................40 9.2.5. Kundeservice til Manpower..............................................................................40 9.2.6. Outsourcing av HMS ........................................................................................41 9.2.7. Telenor Satellite Services. ................................................................................41 9.2.8. Feltstyrken........................................................................................................41 9.2.9. Opplysningen 1881...........................................................................................41 10. EN KONTINUERLIG OMORGANISERING?......................................................43 10.1. OVERFØRING MELLOM SELSKAP............................................................................45 10.2. ANTALL SELSKAP ..................................................................................................46 3 11. KAMPEN OM PENSJON .........................................................................................47 11.1. TAPT FORHANDLINGSRETT ....................................................................................47 11.2. ANGREP PÅ PENSJONSRETTIGHETER ......................................................................48 11.3. LOV OM FORETAKSPENSJON ..................................................................................48 11.4. INNSKUDDSPENSJON..............................................................................................49 11.5. PENSJON I BRAVIDA ..............................................................................................50 11.6. PENSJON I ENIRO OG ISS .......................................................................................51 12. BEHANDLINGEN AV OVERTALLIGE................................................................52 12.1. TELENOR I DAG......................................................................................................52 12.2. UTSKILTE SELSKAPER ............................................................................................52 13. TARIFFPOLITISKE ENDRINGER........................................................................54 13.1. STREIK I 1998........................................................................................................57 13.2. NHO – MEDLEMSKAP............................................................................................57 13.3. HK OG FLT...........................................................................................................58 13.4. TARIFFDUMPING....................................................................................................59 13.5. OPPSUMMERING TARIFF.........................................................................................59 13.6. KONSEKVENSER FOR LØNN ....................................................................................60 14. ORGANISERING I TELENOR ...............................................................................62 14.1. FORBUNDENE I TELENOR .......................................................................................62 14.1.1. EL & IT Forbundet...........................................................................................62 14.1.2. Negotia .............................................................................................................62 14.1.3. NITO og Tekna.................................................................................................62 14.2. SYNKENDE ORGANISASJONSGRAD.........................................................................62 14.3. ORGANISERINGA INNENFOR EL & IT FORBUNDET ...............................................64
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