Swedish 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.
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.
BusinessThe battery manufacturer Northvolt wants to save the company through a reconstruction in the USA. The company is counting on securing financing through a so-called Chapter 11 process. It must not happen that Europe's first and largest battery factory goes under, says Lorents Burman (S), the chairman of the municipal council in Skellefteå.
BusinessIF Metall has managed to attract more Tesla workers to its side in the prolonged strike. It's just over half of the employees who are now on strike, says LO union's agreement secretary Simon Petersson.
BusinessThe Union is now expanding its sympathy actions in the Tesla conflict. The Union of Civil Servants is threatening to block all work that the company Kiwa does in Tesla's premises.
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