Employers say the pace of wage increases must slow. The unions say no, and today will present their joint demand ahead of the upcoming collective bargaining round.
BusinessReal wage increases and a focus on the lowest-paid workers are among LO’s announcements ahead of the upcoming wage negotiations. However, two unions have reserved their positions on Wednesday’s decision. The issue of shorter working hours is divisive.
BusinessSwedish industry is coming under increasing pressure from China. Therefore, the rate of wage increases must slow down in this winter’s major round of wage negotiations, according to employers. And reduced working hours “has come to the end of the road” - a statement that surprises the union.
BusinessThe costs of IF Metall's long conflict with electric car manufacturer Tesla are estimated at well over 100 million kronor, reports the union newspaper Arbetet.
BusinessIF Metall is calling off the strike against Tesla. This without the union's demands for a collective agreement being met. It is clear that it is a failure. But we have lost a battle, not the war, says Veli-Pekka Säikkälä, contract secretary at LO, to TT.
BusinessIF Metall is once again taking members out on strike at Tesla facilities, Dagens Arbete reports.
BusinessStrikers at Tesla plants in Malmö and Uppsala have reportedly been told to call off their two-year strike against the electric carmaker, the newspaper Dagens Industri reports.
BusinessThe financial connection between the Social Democrats and the unions is weakening. Only two of LO's 13 unions are donating to the Social Democrats this year, writes Arbetet.
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