The public sector is enormous in Norway, and this year, various labor unions that represent public sector employees met the government in complex negotiations about pension plans, work conditions, and of course wage raises. As Elin Ørjasæter
points out, this becomes a matter of allocation rather than generosity. Most of the thorny issues are postponed until next year, when - presumably - expectations will be higher from everyone.
Meanwhile, it seems that the union for "those educated at a university level" (UNIO) is
determined to strike, anyway, though nobody thinks they'll get anywhere with it.