The strike notice against the gaming company King, which is behind Candy Crush Saga, has been withdrawn. The company has signed a collective agreement with Unionen and the Swedish Association of Graduate Engineers, the unions announced.
BusinessMore unions join the strike notice against gaming company King.
BusinessSeveral unions are threatening strike action against King, the gaming company behind Candy Crush Saga. The reason is that the company does not want to sign a collective bargaining agreement.
BusinessVolvo Cars is closing its Stockholm office and moving resources to its headquarters in Gothenburg, according to a press release. Around 450 employees will be affected - staying in the capital while working remotely is not an option.
BusinessNorthvolt is stopping production entirely on June 30. A bleak but expected message, according to the Swedish Association of Engineers – whose members to a high extent seem to have gotten new jobs.
BusinessThe innovation companies and education companies within Almega have signed new collective agreements with Unionen and Sweden's Engineers. A threatened strike, which would have broken out next week, is thus cancelled.
BusinessThe government warns of enormous consequences of Trump's tariffs and growth will have to be written down. This is harmful to the Swedish economy, says Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson (The Moderate Party). One measure to support companies may be short-term work – similar to what existed during the pandemic.
BusinessThe Civil Servants' Union Unionen is issuing a strike warning to a free school consortium, some vehicle inspection centers, and the Stockholm School of Economics.
BusinessApproximately 6,000 engineers and many other occupational groups within the IT sector receive a reduction in working hours equivalent to one day per year.
BusinessTrade unions and employers have agreed on a new two-year industrial agreement – which will be guiding for the entire labour market. We didn't reach as high as we wanted, but it became an acceptable level, says Ulrika Lindstrand, union president at Sweden's Engineers.
BusinessThe moment of truth is approaching for what will determine your salary for the coming years. Before midnight, the parties need to agree on a new industrial agreement.
BusinessThe industry's parties have not yet agreed on a new industrial agreement. Negotiations are ongoing over the weekend to reach an agreement before the current agreement expires on Monday.
BusinessThe impartial mediators have submitted their first bid to the industry's parties. The bid has been accepted by the employer side. The trade unions, on the other hand, reject the proposal and call it unacceptable.
BusinessThousands of employees are affected by Northvolt's bankruptcy, Sweden's largest in modern times. I am very sad. It hurts all over my body, says the former CEO Peter Carlsson.
BusinessThe threat of redundancy has been hanging over the thousands of Northvolt employees for a longer period. Several risk becoming unemployed – and in many cases having to leave Sweden. It's incredibly sad, says Lena Lundgren at IF Metall.
BusinessThousands of employees are affected by Northvolt's bankruptcy, Sweden's largest in modern times. I am very sad. It hurts all over my body, says the former CEO Peter Carlsson.
BusinessSweden is to become sharper in natural sciences and technology, and therefore the government is raising the bar. One of the goals is that at least 15 percent of elementary school students should be high-achieving in mathematics.
SwedenEricsson donated several million kronor to Donald Trump's presidential inauguration. CEO Börje Ekholm states that the world looks somewhat different than it did a few years ago. We must be a part of the American ecosystem.
BusinessThe employers want to scrap the agreements with the industrial unions on shorter working hours. Threatening legislation is the reason. Now the union is warning that working hours may become a strike issue.
BusinessThe Industrial Unions are demanding 4.2 percent in wage increases in a one-year agreement. A high demand, historically speaking. It is based on careful considerations of the economic conditions, says IF Metall's chairman Marie Nilsson at a press conference.
BusinessIt is now clear that 338 officials and engineers will be leaving Northvolt in Skellefteå, according to union agreements with the crisis-stricken battery manufacturer. This comes on top of those who were previously forced to leave the company in Västerås and Stockholm.
BusinessCrisis-stricken Northvolt, which is to pay over a quarter of a billion kronor to the Tax Agency on Monday, is in acute need of more money from owners and lenders. A crucial piece of the puzzle to get it in place is the reduction of 1,600 employees, which is expected to be completed this week. It will be a hard blow, especially to foreign recruits.
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