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The following articles have been tagged with "Union":

'The future of freedom on the internet is at stake'

Science & Technology: 21 May 13
Internet policy experts gather in Stockholm this week to grapple with online data protection and surveillance issues that everyone who surfs the web should care about, reports technologist Stefan Geens. READ »

H&M mulls production in South America and Africa

Business & Money: 20 May 13
Swedish clothing giant H&M is looking into the possibility of sourcing its production to South America, Central America, and even Africa, chief executive Karl-Johan Persson said on Monday. READ »

Sweden beat Finland in hunt for hockey gold

Sport: 18 May 13
Sweden will be playing for gold in the ice hockey World Championships after dispatching longstanding rivals and co-hosts Finland with a 3-0 win on Saturday. READ »

Fierce hockey rivals go head to head

Sport: 18 May 13
Ice hockey World Championships co-hosts Sweden and Finland continue their long-standing rivalry on Saturday with a place in the gold medal match at stake. READ »

Scandal ousts Stockholm economics school head

Education: 17 May 13
The president of the Stockholm School of Economics, one of Sweden's most prestigious universities, has been forced out in response to a scandal over his hiring of a high-ranking official who'd been convicted of insider trading. READ »

Eurovision superfans swarm southern Sweden

Society: 16 May 13
Eurofever has swept southern Sweden, with the most vocal voices coming from the Eurovision superfans. The Local's Patrick Reilly finds out some have travelled from the other side of the world. READ »

Swedish lobbying boom prompts regulation calls

Politics: 16 May 13
Sweden's top EU politician Cecilia Malmström wants to register lobbyists, stating that Sweden's small size means political networks and friendships often overlapped. READ »

Borg drops resistance to EU fiscal stimulus

Politics: 15 May 13
Sweden's Finance Minister Anders Borg on Tuesday signalled he has abandoned his long-held resistance to using fiscal measures to kick start the European Union's sluggish economy. READ »

Young Swedes forced to live with mum and dad

Business & Money: 15 May 13
More than half of Swedes in their twenties are stuck living at home with their parents in major metropolitan areas, with observers blaming politicians for abdicating any responsibility for dealing with lack of housing. READ »

H&M backs Bangladesh building safety accord

National: 13 May 13
Sweden's retail giant H&M has decided to sign up to a building safety agreement in the wake of the factory collapse that killed more than 1,000 garment workers in Bangladesh. READ »

John Kerry to talk Syria in Stockholm visit

Politics: 13 May 13
US Secretary of State John Kerry will arrive in Sweden on Tuesday, with the Swedish government stating on Monday that he would be discussing Syria and the Middle East peace process. READ »

Top ten tips for earning a higher salary in Sweden

Analysis & Opinion: 13 May 13
Want more money? Want to learn how to convince your Swedish boss that you are indispensable? Sure, but make sure you do your homework first, explains union ombudsman Anna-Karin Mattsson. READ »

Swedish actors go silent in kids' TV strike

National: 10 May 13
Swedish actors who dub children's programmes from industry giants such as Disney are in their second week of strike action over wages that have remained stagnant for a decade. READ »

Abba - The Museum opens in Stockholm

Society: 7 May 13
While a reunion of Swedish super group Abba may never happen, a new museum opening on Tuesday in Stockholm offers the next-best chance to witness the foursome on stage. READ »

Illegal rentals thrive in Stockholm flat crunch

National: 6 May 13
The black market for first-hand rental contracts in Stockholm is alive and well as Swedes desperate for a place to live won't report illegal sales to the police, an investigation has revealed. READ »

Wanted: Men to work in Swedish preschools

Education: 6 May 13
The lack of men working in Sweden's preschools is cause for concern, according to Equality Minister Maria Arnholm, who has said she's open to altering employment rules to make it easier for men to enter the education field. READ »

Swedish euro scepticism hits all time high

Politics: 6 May 13
Fewer than one in ten Swedes want to replace the krona with the euro, in an overall EU-confidence dip that political scientists tie to the financial crisis. READ »

Government locks horns with opposition over jobs

Business & Money: 6 May 13
Swedish political party leaders clashed on primetime TV on Sunday night, with Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and opposition leader Stefan Löfven butting heads over labour policy. READ »

The British barber a cut above the rest

Business & Money: 6 May 13
Having thrown down the towel in Swedish class, new Stockholmer Paul Davies picked up a brush and razor to build His Swedish Career on trendy Swedish men's new-found love of a full beard. READ »

Care provider 'exploited immigrants': report

Society: 5 May 13
A company within Sweden's home care services could have mistreated migrant workers by making false promises about work conditions, according to a Swedish media report. READ »

Vouchers 'widen quality gap' in Sweden's schools

Education: 3 May 13
The introduction of school vouchers in Sweden, allowing pupils to shop around for their school, could explain the widening gap in quality between different schools, a new report has claimed. READ »

'Swedish lobbyists have a culture of transparency'

Analysis & Opinion: 30 Apr 13
Following revelations that one-in-three Swedish politicians or top political aides go on to consult for Swedish lobbyists, The Local speaks with industry spokeswoman Anna-Karin Hedlund about how the Swedish landscape differs from other countries. READ »

Public sector strike called off after pay deal

Business & Money: 28 Apr 13
A planned strike by Swedish public sector workers was called off on Sunday following a pay deal between employers and the unions. READ »

Abused ghosts lambast Stockholm theme park

Analysis & Opinion: 26 Apr 13
Young seasonal workers hired to scare people in the haunted house at Stockholm's Gröna Lund amusement park have told their own horror stories of beatings and groping by visitors to the popular theme park. READ »

Anti-slave trade 'inaction' angers Swedish MEP

Politics: 26 Apr 13
The Swedish MEP tasked with tackling human trafficking has expressed her frustration over the fact that so few EU member states have implemented anti-slave trade laws put forward two years ago. READ »

Swedish truck drivers call off national strike

National: 24 Apr 13
The Transport Union has ended the nationwide haulage strike set to paralyze Swedish trade, after truck drivers reached an agreement with employers following fractious wrangling about how they use temping agency staff. READ »

Tenant sues over Legionnaires' Disease

Science & Technology: 24 Apr 13
A woman in eastern Sweden is suing her landlord after she caught a life-threatening bacterial infection soon after moving into her new home. READ »

Swedes' Germany trips cancelled due to strike

National: 21 Apr 13
Scandinavian Airlines SAS has had to pull 29 flights as German airline and airport personnel launch a 24-hour strike that has also led to 1,700 Lufthansa flights being cancelled on Monday. READ »

TeliaSonera sales slump as market shifts to data

Business & Money: 19 Apr 13
Swedish-Finnish telecom operator TeliaSonera on Friday reported a first quarter decline in sales and profit amid strong competition and a drop in revenue from texting and traditional voice traffic in relation to data services. READ »

Many teachers in Sweden lack proper training

Education: 16 Apr 13
More than half of subject-area teachers in Sweden who teach pupils in their final years of compulsory school lack training in the subjects they teach, a new report has shown. READ »

Abba stars team up with Avicii for Eurovision final

Society: 15 Apr 13
The two front men of Swedish mega band Abba have teamed up once again to write the opening melody for May's Eurovision final in Malmö, also enlisting the talents of Swedish star DJ Avicii. READ »

'Weak, slow and difficult' economy ahead: Borg

Business & Money: 15 Apr 13
Swedes are in for a rough economic ride in years ahead, as Finance Minister Anders Borg has warned of rising unemployment, weaker economic growth and rising public debt in the spring fiscal policy bill released on Monday. READ »

Global military spending falls: Swedish think tank

Business & Money: 15 Apr 13
Spending on weapons and military services dropped in 2012 compared to the year before, the first annual drop since 1998, according to the findings of a Swedish think tank. READ »

Swedish bra saleswoman wins discrimination case

National: 10 Apr 13
The top Swedish labour tribunal on Wednesday found a Swedish lingerie shop guilty of gender discrimination after making female staff wear a pin stating their bra size. READ »

Sweden reacts to Thatcher's death

Analysis & Opinion: 8 Apr 13
Swedish reactions to the death on Monday of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, 87, ranged from celebratory to lumping her together with former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet. READ »

Stockholm rents soar after new subletting law

Business & Money: 8 Apr 13
Prices for subletting a flat in central Stockholm have jumped as much as 20 percent following recent changes to Sweden's subletting laws, according to new figures compiled by a Swedish newspaper. READ »

Bildt urged to help stop torture of Eritreans

Politics: 7 Apr 13
Pressure is mounting on Sweden's foreign minister Carl Bildt to take action against the torture of Eritreans in Egypt and the blackmailing of their relatives in Sweden and other European countries. READ »

Social Democrats want compulsory preschools and high schools

Education: 6 Apr 13
Social Democrat congress delegates have supported the party's proposal to introduce compulsory preschools for children from the age of two and to make high school mandatory. READ »

Social Democrats strike deal on welfare profits

Politics: 5 Apr 13
Social Democrat congress delegates on Friday forced the top brass to make sure private companies in the state-funded welfare sector will have to spend a certain proportion of their budget on staffing. READ »

Scrap mock solutions to unemployment: Löfven

Politics: 4 Apr 13
Stefan Löfven, who was officially elected to head his party on Thursday, said in his first address that the Social Democrats must outline a "feminist agenda" in a speech also dominated by labour policy. READ »

Opposition: Alliance jobs policy 'doesn't work'

Business & Money: 4 Apr 13
The Social Democrat party's economic policy spokeswoman Magdalena Andersson lambasted the government's jobs policy on Thursday, as she addressed party members preparing to officially elect Stefan Löfven as their leader. READ »

Runaway train cleaner 'did everything to stop it'

National: 4 Apr 13
The cleaner who was on a runaway commuter train that rammed into a block of flats in the Stockholm suburb of Saltsjöbaden in January has spoken out about the incident in what she claims will be her only media interview about the crash. READ »

Sweden's industrial workers set for pay hike

Politics: 2 Apr 13
Workers in Sweden's industrial sector earned a 6.8-percent raise in wages on Tuesday, agreeing to a new collective wage deal following a lengthy set of negotiations. READ »

Swedes earn highest wages in Europe: study

Society: 2 Apr 13
Workers in Sweden earn the highest average hourly wage in the European Union, according to a new study from Germany. READ »

Builders' strike averted after last-minute deal

Business & Money: 2 Apr 13
A looming construction workers' strike that threatened to shut down work on dozens of major infrastructure projects across Sweden was narrowly averted on Monday night after unions agreed to a last-minute deal. READ »

Is Abba reuniting or were you fooled?

Society: 1 Apr 13
An Abba reunion concert scheduled at an Uppsala airfield, Malmö neighbourhoods to be renamed after Eurovision stars and lasagnes found in horse feed were among Sweden's April Fools' Day hoax stories on Monday. READ »

Swede endures 28-year wait for Stockholm flat

Business & Money: 28 Mar 13
A 64-year-old Swedish woman has finally got the home of her dreams in central Stockholm after waiting on the city's housing queue for 28 years, a story that experts explain is becoming all too common. READ »

Sweden dominates EU innovation ranking

Business & Money: 27 Mar 13
Thrice the charm for Swedish brains as the country yet again tops the EU Commission's list of industrial innovators in the European Union. READ »

Reinfeldt slams Cameron over immigration stance

Politics: 27 Mar 13
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has criticized David Cameron over the British prime minister's plans to restrict migrants' access to social benefits. READ »

'Sweden's youth pay for diluted job insurance'

Business & Money: 25 Mar 13
Rising underemployment and curtailed access to job insurance is hitting Sweden's younger workers with a double whammy as they attempt to shore up their income security, unions have warned. READ »

Stockholm in top ten of EU's richest regions

Business & Money: 24 Mar 13
Stockholm has been named among the top ten richest regions in the European Union according to a new study published on Sunday. READ »

EU opens disputed media probe to the public

National: 22 Mar 13
The Swedish head of the European Federation of Journalists has welcomed an EU public consultation on the media, after a special committee failed to consult the union before saying politicians should be able to fire reporters. READ »

US and Sweden: innovative, entrepreneurial, and audacious

Analysis & Opinion: 18 Mar 13
On the 375th anniversary of Swedes' first arriving in what is now the United States, ambassadors from both countries hail the pioneering spirit that informs cooperative efforts to address critical challenges facing the world today. READ »

Sweden bids farewell to Princess Lilian

National: 16 Mar 13
Sweden's Welsh-born Princess Lilian, who waited three decades to marry her prince, was buried Saturday after thousands of Swedes paid their respects to one of the most popular members of the royal family. READ »

Abba reunion: 'You never know what might happen'

Society: 12 Mar 13
Former Abba vocalist Agnetha Fältskog has hinted ever so slightly that there is a "very small" chance the Swedish super group might perform together again. READ »

Reinfeldt presses Turkey to reform terror laws

Politics: 12 Mar 13
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt on Tuesday urged Turkey to overhaul terrorism laws used to jail journalists, adding that he hoped the country's EU membership talks would get a fresh start this spring. READ »

Sweden's housing queues 'getting worse'

National: 11 Mar 13
Housing queues across Sweden are getting longer, according to an extensive survey of private and public housing companies, with experts claiming the situation is getting even worse. READ »

New album from Abba legend Agnetha Fältskog

National: 11 Mar 13
Abba vocalist Agnetha Fältskog released a new single on Monday ahead of the scheduled May release of her first studio album in nearly a decade. READ »

Sweden joins European DNA data-sharing system

Science & Technology: 10 Mar 13
From the summer of 2013, Swedish police will be able to access other European Union nations' DNA databases - a move which is expected to speed up international crime investigations. READ »

Swedish 'cocaine king' jailed for 18 years

National: 8 Mar 13
A 40-year-old man was sentenced on Friday to 18 years in prison after he was caught smuggling 1.4 tonnes of cocaine into Sweden as part of what has been labelled Sweden's "biggest ever" cocaine ring. READ »

Swedes ignore equality law on salary surveys

Business & Money: 7 Mar 13
Swedish employers are increasingly failing to keep tabs on whether men's and women's salaries are equal, a requirement stipulated by law. READ »

Stray Swedish weapons show up in Syria

National: 7 Mar 13
Syrian rebels appear to be using Swedish weapons, visible in a new video that has emerged from the civil war in which an anti-regime fighter cradles a well-known Swedish model of anti-tank rifle. READ »

Swedish energy giant Vattenfall cuts 2,500 jobs

National: 6 Mar 13
Swedish energy group Vattenfall announced on Tuesday that 2,500 staff members would be made redundant as a part of a two-year saving plan, with many jobs lost in Sweden. READ »

'Swedes have forgotten leftist US sympathizers'

National: 1 Mar 13
The CIA invested heavily in propaganda in Sweden during the early years of the Cold War to counteract Soviet influence, confirms a new documentary that includes details about left-leaning Swedes who sympathized with the US. READ »

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). READ »

Drug seizures down as customs staff slack off

National: 23 Feb 13
Customs officers in Skåne, south Sweden, are deliberately slowing down their work in protest against a shrinking workforce, leading to a drop in drug seizures as fewer cars are stopped. READ »

'Undocumented migrants are not the problem'

Analysis & Opinion: 22 Feb 13
Hunting down undocumented immigrants like animals is immoral and a waste of police resources, argues socialist weekly Arbetaren’s editor-in-chief Daniel Wiklander. READ »

EU sues Sweden over environmental 'inaction'

Science & Technology: 22 Feb 13
The EU is dragging Sweden to court for repeatedly ignoring a 2007 order to license industrial sites, as the union also prepares to take Greece and the UK to task for environment-related policy lags. READ »

Sales slumber prompts 1,000 Volvo job cuts

Business & Money: 20 Feb 13
Volvo Cars said on Wednesday it was preparing to axe 1,000 mostly white-collar jobs as car sales in Europe have fallen to a two-decade low. READ »

'Sweden will continue to punch above its weight'

Analysis & Opinion: 20 Feb 13
Sweden’s ability to pack a foreign policy punch equal to the jab of the big EU three - Germany, France, and the UK - is neither remarkable nor a passing fad, writes international relations Ph.D. candidate Annelie Gregor. READ »

'CV discrimination is idiotic': opposition

Politics: 20 Feb 13
The Social Democrats accused the right-of-centre government of pessimism, infighting and wage dumping on Wednesday, as leader Stefan Löfven introduced new proposals to shore up the welfare state and boost jobs. READ »

'Job centre wastes time policing the unemployed'

Politics: 19 Feb 13
The opposition Social Democrats have set their sights on revamping the Public Employment Service, lambasting the national job centre for wasting time on policing job seekers. READ »

Almost 20,000 temp jobs gone in 2012: report

Business & Money: 17 Feb 13
Some 19,000 temporary jobs disappeared from the Swedish labour market in 2012 as unemployment continued to hit young workers the hardest, new figures show. READ »

Job centre berated for 'lacklustre' Saab effort

Business & Money: 14 Feb 13
With one in five former Saab employees still out of work, the Swedish Public Employment Service has come under fire for lacklustre attempts at helping them find new employment after the Sweden-based carmaker went bankrupt in 2011. READ »

Harmful sedatives found in scandal horsemeat

National: 14 Feb 13
Horsemeat that made it into the production chain of ready-made meals contains potentially-harmful medication, it was revealed on Wednesday night as European agricultural ministers met in Brussels over the widening scandal. READ »

Regional focus welcomed in Bildt's speech

National: 13 Feb 13
Sweden’s foreign minister chose to begin his annual foreign policy speech with a focus on Nordic and Baltic cooperation, calling for a new “Hanseatic age of prosperity” and underlining joint military tasks. READ »

Use Patriot missiles to defend Sweden: minister

Politics: 11 Feb 13
Sweden should consider placing US-made Patriot missiles on the island of Gotland to help deter a resurgent Russia, Sweden's deputy prime minister has argued in a call for greater military spending. READ »

Swedes slam 'outdated' farming subsidies

Politics: 9 Feb 13
Agricultural subsidies are set to fall under the new EU budget deal, but Swedish critics are mostly concerned about how the money will be spent. READ »

Reinfeldt hails EU budget deal as 'good for Sweden'

Politics: 8 Feb 13
Sweden will see its EU membership fee drop by half a billion kronor ($77 million) as part of a new long term budget agreement forged in Brussels on Friday. READ »

Blue-collar support for Sweden Democrats rises

Politics: 8 Feb 13
Swedish blue-collar workers increasingly sympathize with the anti-immigration Sweden Democrat party, an opinion poll review showed on Friday. READ »

Swedes open to pay cuts to save jobs

Business & Money: 7 Feb 13
More than half of Swedes would accept a cut in their salary if it protected against job losses in the current employment climate, a new opinion poll showed on Thursday. READ »

'I dream that my son has been butchered'

Analysis & Opinion: 7 Feb 13
As the Swedish media examines the climate of hatred towards women in the public eye, editor and author Åsa Linderborg recounts what happened when her newspaper Aftonbladet decided to blow the lid on Sweden’s far-right websites. (WARNING: STRONG LANGUAGE). READ »

'EU shouldn't define who's a journalist': union

National: 6 Feb 13
Swedish journalists have joined European colleagues in criticizing an EU report urging that bureaucrats be able to dismiss reporters, and note that its authors did not consult the European Federation of Journalists. READ »

Stora Enso axes 300 jobs across Sweden

Business & Money: 5 Feb 13
Forest company Stora Enso has announced job cuts across its production in Sweden, stating that "the painful decision was necessary" due to slaking newspaper demand. READ »

Europe needs local news in the global language

Analysis & Opinion: 5 Feb 13
As The Local throws open the doors to its new office in Paris, founder Paul Rapacioli argues - purely coincidentally - that a daily diet of local news could change Europe’s destiny. READ »

Pajala iron miners battle financing woes

Business & Money: 5 Feb 13
The mining company Northland Resources has failed in its bid to bring in extra investment to its new iron ore mine in Pajala, northern Sweden, which employs more than 800 people. READ »

The Lowdown: Sweden's new subletting law

Analysis & Opinion: 31 Jan 13
Wondering what changes to Sweden's subletting law might mean for you and what you pay in rent? The Local gets the lowdown from one of Sweden's largest housing organizations. READ »

Sweden hailed as EU foreign policy bigshot

Politics: 31 Jan 13
Sweden is the one of the most influential countries in the European Union when it comes to European foreign policy, according to a new ranking, exerting clout nearly on par with heavyweights Germany, France, and the UK. READ »

Swedish employment package talks collapse

Politics: 29 Jan 13
Swedish employers groups on Tuesday pulled out of negotiations over a key government youth unemployment package expected to create 30,000 jobs, but Finance Minister Anders Borg downplayed the development. READ »

Most work permits given to low-skilled workers

Society: 29 Jan 13
A 2008 change to Sweden's labour migration laws designed to make it easier for companies to recruit non-Europeans to hard-to-fill high-skilled jobs has instead been used primarily to bring low-skilled workers to Sweden, a new report shows. READ »

Two arrested for selling residence permits

National: 29 Jan 13
Two Migration Board employees in Malmö were arrested on Tuesday morning on suspicions they sold residence permits to asylum seekers. READ »

SAS announces a further 200 job cuts

Business & Money: 27 Jan 13
Scandinavian airline SAS has announced that a further 200 administrative jobs are set to be cut, on top of the 800 already announced at the struggling carrier. READ »

'We had to make the party look fit to govern'

Politics: 25 Jan 13
One year into the job, Social Democrat leader Stefan Löfven appears to have kept the party's poll numbers from dropping, but is now facing demands to make the party a dominant force in Swedish politics. READ »

Government mulls tax deductions for IT help

Business & Money: 25 Jan 13
Sweden's finance ministry is looking into extending a much-debated tax deduction scheme for services to include reduced employers' fees for IT services. READ »

Sweden receives sham marriage combat manual

Business & Money: 25 Jan 13
Sweden's Ministry of Justice has received a draft EU document on how to tackle "marriages of convenience" as part of a union-wide effort to clamp down on liaisons entered into solely for residency rights. READ »

Stockholm sublets set for 'dramatic' rent hike

Business & Money: 24 Jan 13
Tenants' advocates warn that rents charged to sublet flats in Stockholm could double next month due to changes in Sweden's subletting laws, amid reports that rents are already higher than current laws allow. READ »

Cleaner in train crash 'remembers nothing'

National: 24 Jan 13
The cleaner who was onboard a commuter train that crashed into a house in suburban Stockholm last week claims not to remember anything about the incident. READ »

'Sweden should support Cameron's EU vision'

Analysis & Opinion: 23 Jan 13
There are several reasons why Swedes should support calls for reform of the European Union championed by British Prime Minister David Cameron, argues Mats Persson, president of the Open Europe think tank. READ »

Sweden warns UK over risks of EU exit

Politics: 23 Jan 13
Sweden has warned Britain it risks losing influence if it leaves the European Union following Prime Minister David Cameron's promise to hold a referendum on EU membership if his party wins the next election. READ »

Swedish forestry firms in migrant labour scandal

National: 23 Jan 13
Swedish forestry companies have come under fire over accusations they use migrant workers from Africa to plant trees for low pay, with many ending up broke and stranded in Sweden. READ »

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