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UN slams Sweden for guest worker policy
Business & Money: 28 Feb 13
The United Nations has criticized Sweden for limiting trade unions' right to join forces with guest workers, in a statement from the International Labour Organization (ILO).
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New Swedish union boss seeks welfare state boost
Politics: 26 May 12
Sweden's Trade Union Confederation on Saturday elected as its new president Karl-Petter Thorwaldsson, who proceeded to call for a restoration of the Swedish welfare model.
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Eleven Swedes make Forbes billionaires list
Business & Money: 8 Mar 12
Eleven Swedes have made it onto the Forbes billionaires list for 2012, with H&M owner Stefan Persson ranking highest among the Swedes considered to be the world's wealthiest.
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Alfa Laval wins big with brewery deal
Business & Money: 4 Jul 11
Alfa Laval, the Swedish heating giant, snapped up a major deal with a South American beer brewery, an order valued at 135 million kronor ($21 million).
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Ten Swedes make Forbes billionaires list
Business & Money: 10 Mar 11
Ten Swedes have made it onto the Forbes billionaires list for 2011, with H&M owner Stefan Persson placing highest among the Swedes considered to be the world's wealthiest.
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Unions ordered to pay for Vaxholm blockade
Business & Money: 2 Dec 09
Two Swedish trade unions have been ordered to pay 2.7 million kronor ($392,000) to a Latvian construction company whose 2004 project in Vaxholm in eastern Sweden was interrupted by a union blockade.
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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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Alfa Laval to trim 300 jobs in Sweden
Business & Money: 12 Jan 09
Swedish industrial giant Alfa Laval announced plans on Monday to lay off 1,000 workers globally in the next six months, including 300 redundancies in Sweden.
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Sweden – a new melting pot?
Analysis & Opinion: 16 Dec 08
As Sweden opens its borders to a new wave of labour migration, the country is becoming more diverse than ever before, writes Olle Wästberg, director-general of the Swedish Institute.
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Laval asking unions for 2.8 million kronor in damages
Business & Money: 13 May 08
Latvian construction company Laval wants Swedish unions to pay 2.8 million kronor ($465,000) in damages, as well as legal expenses related to the Vaxholm wage-dumping dispute.
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Riga: Strangely unfamiliar
Travel: 18 Jan 08
Taking a ferry out of Stockholm need not mean a booze cruise to Helsinki. Alannah Eames went to Latvia to check out one of Sweden's most charming neighbours.
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'Free-for-all' to follow EU ruling
Politics: 27 Dec 07
Experts see an influx of Latvian companies taking advantage of a judgment which weakens Swedish unions' ability to strike.
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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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Unions lose landmark EU case
National: 18 Dec 07
The industrial action taken by Swedish unions against a Latvian firm in Vaxholm was in breach of EU regulations surrounding freedom of movement, the European Court of Justice has ruled.
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Stockholm stock exchange bounces back
Business & Money: 23 Oct 07
The Stockholm stock exchange bounced back on Tuesday morning following its recent slide. Alfa Laval was the biggest winner on the back of a strong quarterly report.
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Islamists push for boycott of Swedish firms
National: 19 Sep 07
Websites run by militant Islamists have listed the names of over 100 Swedish companies as possible targets in the ongoing row surrounding the publication in Swedish newspapers of a caricature of the Muslim prophet Muhammad.
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Social Democrat reported to police for attack on journalist
Politics: 1 Jun 07
An employee at Social Democrat headquarters in Stockholm has been reported to the police for a derogatory blog post about a well-known journalist.
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Good news for unions in Vaxholm conflict
National: 23 May 07
The European Court of Justice has been recommended to rule in favour of the Swedish unions in a landmark case following a bitter industrial dispute at Vaxholm.
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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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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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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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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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Paying dues to the wrong union
Analysis & Opinion: 7 Oct 05
Sweden's government keenly backs a trade union in its battle with the EU. But how do we know the SEK85m the Social Democrats received from the unions didn't influence its actions?
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EU to fight Sweden over Latvian builders
Politics: 5 Oct 05
European Commissioner Charlie McCreevy says that Sweden's handling of the Latvian builders dispute breaches the European Union's treaty on freedom of movement - and he will fight Swedish union Byggnads in the EU Court.
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Swedish union erodes Latvian firm's profits
Business & Money: 1 Jun 05
Latvian construction company Laval un Partneri posted a sharp drop in turnover and minuscule profit in 2004. The company's boss blames the poor results on a conflict with Swedish trade unions over alleged wage-dumping.
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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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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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Builders' union calls for boycott of Polish project
National: 31 Mar 05
The Swedish Building Workers’ Union asks other Swedish unions to support their boycott of a Polish construction firm currently renovating a restaurant in Alingsås - without the help of Swedish builders.
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"Two days" to buy commercial property in Sweden
Smörgåsbord: 18 Feb 05
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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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Sweden's central bank hits back at critics
Smörgåsbord: 9 Nov 04
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