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May 28, 2012
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The following articles have been tagged with "Collective_agreements":
Swedish unions have become obsolete: leaders
Business & Money: 13 Feb 11
Two of Sweden's union leaders have singled out the failure of the organisations to modernise their approaches to collective bargaining as a major reason an increasing number of Swedes choose not to become members.
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Pilot strike grounds Swedish flights
National: 7 Jun 10
Pilots working for four regional Swedish airlines went out on strike early Monday, affecting a large number of domestic flights with the threat of a broader strike affecting international and charter flights on Wednesday.
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Unions and employers sign collective agreements
National: 27 Mar 10
Several collective agreements were reached on Friday during annual wage bargaining between Swedish trade unions and employers' organisations. Among others, the IF Metall union will receive a 3.2 percent wage increase for the next 22 months.
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McDonald's worker fired for disparaging blog post
Society: 18 Jan 10
A workplace spat at a McDonald’s in central Sweden spilled over onto the internet last week, prompting an angry reaction from union representatives after the details of a worker’s sacking were detailed on Facebook.
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Sweden presents new law on collective wage agreements
Business & Money: 8 Oct 09
Sweden on Thursday presented new legislation to update conditions for foreigners working temporarily in Sweden for a foreign company following a European court’s ruling against a Swedish union in a landmark wage-dumping dispute.
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Business leaders demand pay freeze
Business & Money: 26 May 09
Swedish business leaders have demanded a pay freeze, lower pay for young people and more flexible employment regulations, warning union leaders not to inflate expectations before the 2010 pay talks.
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Labour migrants set sights on Sweden
Politics: 10 Sep 08
The Swedish Migration Board (Migrationsverket) estimates that 37,000 labour migrants from countries outside the European Union (EU) will seek work permits in Sweden next year.
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Union calls for subsidized home help
Society: 31 Aug 08
The Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees (TCO) has called for the introduction of subsidized household services for families with children. The only path to equality, TCO argues.
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Shrove Tuesday buns threatened by unions
Society: 5 Feb 08
The Swedish Food Workers' Union has blockaded two Örebro bakeries. The traditional Shrove Tuesday buns are now under threat.
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Sweden disappointed by EU ruling
National: 18 Dec 07
Christer Wälivaara, international secretary of construction union Byggnads, was one of those disappointed by Tuesday's EU ruling.
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Strike rights 'could be curbed'
Politics: 8 Aug 07
Centre Party leader and Industry minister Maud Olofsson has called for limits to union rights. But government colleagues and opposition politicians have slammed the proposals.
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'Most hospitals' break work time rules
Society: 26 Jul 07
A majority of hospitals in Sweden are breaking the working time regulations that allow doctors an 11 hour rest between shifts, according to the Swedish Medical Association.
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Swedes work shortest hours in Europe
Society: 24 Jul 07
Swedes work fewer hours than any other nationality in Europe, according to a new EU survey. Swedish workers have more paid vacation than any other Europeans and work shorter weeks all but three nationalities.
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Moving to Sweden to be made easier for workers
Society: 17 Jul 07
New rules that will make it easier for people to move to Sweden to work haver been announced by the government. Swedish employers will be able to recruit from outside Europe without first gaining the approval of the authorities.
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Minister pushes for economic migration reforms
Business & Money: 25 May 07
Migration Minister Tobias Billström hopes to launch a new law enabling Swedish companies to recruit staff from anywhere in the world.
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SAS strike ends - delays continue
National: 27 Apr 07
The illegal strike by Scandinavian Airlines' Danish cabin crew has ended after three days of conflict. But delays and cancellations were still affecting passengers on Friday morning.
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New salad bar owners sign agreement
National: 10 Apr 07
The Hotel and Restaurant Union can finally free up some resources for its campaign to get restaurant owners in Gothenburg to sign collective agreements - the new owners of the Wild'n Fresh salad bar have put pen to paper.
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Economy 'to grow more than expected'
Business & Money: 29 Mar 07
Sweden's economy will grow by more than previously expected in the next two years, with increased investments, higher wages, higher inflation and higher interest rates, it has been predicted.
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Unions prepare for fight in wage negotiations
Business & Money: 13 Mar 07
Swedish unions have full coffers, and are preparing to bed down for a long conflict if they don't get their way in current negotiations with employers. Overtime bans could be in place by the end of the month.
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Littorin stands up to unions in fee quarrel
Business & Money: 28 Feb 07
Swedish labour market minister Sven Otto Littorin has said he will not accept unions continuing to force non-members to pay their fees.
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Building firms axe union fee
Business & Money: 22 Feb 07
Swedish construction companies are to stop deducting union fees from the pay of non-unionised employees, in a move that will cost union Byggnads 35 million kronor a year.
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Unions launch blockade of cosmetics store
Society: 12 Feb 07
The cosmetics store in Kristianstad may only have one employee, but that hasn't stopped a shopworkers' union launching a blockade to force the owner to sign its collective agreement.
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Christian company considers move to escape blockade
National: 23 Jan 07
The owner of Skandro Trade is thinking about relocating his business to the Czech Republic. As he is a member of the Plymouth Brethren, signing a trade union agreement is out of the question.
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Vaxholm case reaches EU Court
National: 9 Jan 07
Swedish union leaders are in Luxembourg as the European Court opens hearings over the famous Vaxholm case, which pits Swedish collective agreements against the EU's freedom of movement guarantees.
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Christian firms: Bible bans trade unions
National: 19 Dec 06
Two companies in southern Sweden have been blockaded by trade unions for refusing to sign collective agreements. The reason? the Bible won't let them. And there is no end in sight.
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Salad bar owner 'does have licence'
National: 12 Dec 06
Allegations by local health chiefs in Gothenburg that a salad bar being blockaded by unions does not have a food licence have been proven false.
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'Sweden only EU nation to allow age discrimination'
National: 6 Dec 06
Swedish collective bargaining agreements that give more holidays to older employees may be in breach of EU age discrimination laws. Sweden was given six years to implement an EU directive. But nothing has changed.
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Bumper year for trade union bosses
National: 6 Dec 06
Trade union leaders saw their incomes increase by an average of 6 per cent last year, which is double the rate of growth for ordinary wage earners.
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Union begins salad bar blockade
National: 5 Dec 06
A trade union in Gothenburg today started its blockade of a local salad bar when its owner refused to sign a collective bargaining agreement. "I only have one employee," says owner.
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Sweden to support union at EU court
National: 1 Dec 06
Sweden's new centre-right government is to support builders' union Byggnads in its case against Latvian company Laval at the European Court, a decision greeted with surprise by employers' organisations.
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EU countries support Swedish union
Society: 29 May 06
There is widespread support in the EU for Sweden's case in the controversial Vaxholm case, in which unions have tried to force a Latvian company to sign a collective agreement.
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Persson launches May 1st assault on Alliance
Politics: 1 May 06
The Social Democrats' big guns, including the prime minister, were firing at May 1st meets around Sweden. And they all had the conservative alliance and Swedish business in their sights.
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Proffice faces 5 million kronor tribunal
Business & Money: 7 Apr 06
The Swedish Wood and Tree trade union is to bring the recruitment company Proffice before the Swedish Labour Court for breaking collective agreements, breaking laws on employee protection and for infringing rights of association.
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Commission backs Swedish Model
National: 1 Feb 06
Sweden's system of collective union agreements is in line with EU rules, the European Commission has said. Unions in Sweden are within their rights to demand that companies sign the agreements.
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Minister in EU withdrawal "threat"
National: 30 Jan 06
Minister for Employment, Hans Karlsson, believes that there will be widespread calls for Sweden to leave the EU if construction workers' union, Byggnads, loses the Vaxholm case in the EU court.
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SAS sues striking pilots as delays continue
Smörgåsbord: 25 Jan 06
Scandinavian Airlines says it will sue pilot unions in Denmark, Norway and Sweden over their wildcat strike which began on Monday. The walkout is costing the company up to 25 million kronor a day.
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Employers slam 'right to full time job' proposal
Business & Money: 30 Nov 05
All new employees, and anyone who has been working part time for three years, should have the right to full time work - that's the conclusion of a government inquiry presented on Wednesday. Brace yourself for unemployment, say employer organisations.
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Four more years of Göran
Politics: 31 Oct 05
That’s four more years at the head of the Social Democratic Party, at least, as Göran Persson is voted in for the fourth time by his party congress. I'm not worn out, he says, and speculates he might stay even longer than four years.
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McCreevy defends support for Latvians
Politics: 26 Oct 05
EU Commissioner Charlie McCreevy repeats his support for a Latvian company in its row with Swedish unions. I'm just defending the single market, he tells the European Parliament.
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Barroso refuses to criticize Swedish Model
Politics: 17 Oct 05
Jose Manuel Barroso refuses to get involved in the Vaxholm row between unions and a Latvian company Sweden. We should respect national traditions, the EU Commission president said.
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Sweden's Centre confirms move to the right
Politics: 20 Jun 05
Limits on trade unions and reduced alcohol tax: two new policies for the Centre Party outlined at its conference in Stockholm, at which leader Maud Olofsson underlined her party's place on the right of Swedish politics – and her grip on the party.
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Builders' union threatens new blockade
Society: 10 May 05
It's wage levels versus freedom of movement as Sweden's Byggnads threatens to blockade another construction company employing low-paid Latvian workers. "We see no other way," says agreements secretary, Gunnar Ericson.
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"Job dumping" site coming to Sweden
Politics: 4 May 05
A German website on which jobseekers compete to do jobs for the lowest salary plans to launch in Sweden. “It’s a poverty auction” say Social Democrats.
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Full time work "should be a right"
Business & Money: 3 May 05
Employers should be forced to give their part-time staff the chance to go full time, say unions. The government has expressed its support for the plan, but employers say it is a "terrible idea".
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Vaxholm dispute goes to European Court
National: 29 Apr 05
The European Court will decide whether the Byggnads union's blockade of a building site near Stockholm is legal. The union objects to Latvian workers on the site who have not signed Swedish union agreements.
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Sweden pushes to protect collective agreements
Politics: 7 Apr 05
Sweden's Minister for Local Government Sven-Erik Österberg wants to ban public authorities from giving contracts to firms that don't sign up to collective agreements with trade unions. But the move could lead to clashes with the EU.
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Investigation into union benefit threats
Politics: 22 Mar 05
The justice ombudsman is to investigate an employment office that threatened to withdraw benefits from unemployed people who refused to attend a union demonstration. An example of how the Social Democratic Party and unions have become intertwined with the state, say Liberals.
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Strike threat over Polish storm workers in Sweden
Politics: 30 Jan 05
Swedish unions up the ante in the battle over workers from eastern Europe, as Polish electricians join the clean-up work after storms in southern Sweden. And the Swedish government lobbies the EU to keep the country's system of collective agreements.
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Swedish court backs action against Latvian builders
Politics: 22 Dec 04
The Byggnads union can continue a blockade against a building site near Stockholm, a court rules. The union says that Latvian workers on the site should sign up to Swedish labour agreements.
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EU "crisis" as Swedish union blocks Latvian builders
Business & Money: 2 Dec 04
A wage war is being waged between Sweden and Latvia which could end up in the hands of the EU court. And, rather bizarrely, it's all happening in the tranquil setting of the Stockholm archipelago.
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