An ambulance employee has died at the hospital after being injured in an assault in Nordanstig municipality. According to Henrik Johansson, union secretary at the Ambulance Association, the ambulance should never have been sent there.
SwedenThe increase in prescription fees for medicines hits the sickest and weakest – and in the long run the entire healthcare system, according to the Swedish Association of Health Professionals. It will only shift the costs, says chairperson Sineva Ribeiro.
SwedenFocus on working hours, scheduling, work environment and salary. This is what Vårdförbundet's chairman Sineva Ribeiro says, in connection with the parties exchanging claims ahead of the collective bargaining round.
BusinessSeveral authorities are exempt from the so-called "informant law", according to the government's investigator's proposal. This is welcomed by the affected trade unions. It seems like they have listened to us, says Sacos chairman Göran Arrius to TT.
SwedenStudents at the police academy will have their student loans repaid or written off. This was one of the announcements made by the government and the Sweden Democrats this morning. Now, criticism is emerging from trade union quarters.
SwedenA new agreement is in place and the healthcare strike is cancelled with immediate effect. I am most pleased that those who work in rotation will now receive a reduction in working hours, says the Chairman of the Swedish Association of Health Professionals Sineva Ribeiro to TT.
BusinessThe healthcare conflict is over. Both parties have accepted the mediators' latest offer, which includes, among other things, some reduction in working hours. "Our conflict has yielded results," says Sineva Ribeiro of the Nurses' Association.
BusinessThe healthcare strike continues. The union says no to the mediators' offer. The employer side says yes and claims instead that they have made "far-reaching compromises". A door has been opened, says the healthcare union's chairman.
BusinessOn Thursday, the mediators will submit their bid to the parties in the ongoing healthcare conflict. By Friday at 1 pm at the latest, the parties must respond to how they stand on the bid.
BusinessThe situation within healthcare in Sweden is no longer sustainable, according to the healthcare union, which has gone on strike. The major point of contention revolves around how many hours per day one should work. Here are some of the union's demands:
BusinessFurthermore, 1,300 people, including midwives and nurses, are taking part in the extended healthcare strike. It's tough working in healthcare. We need shorter working hours, says nurse Anastasia Alvbåge. At the same time, a solution to the conflict seems distant.
BusinessHistorically – with a mix of fear and excitement. That's the feeling when the Swedish Nurses' Association is now going on strike. It's a rather divided feeling, says Gustaf Ahlqvist to TT.
BusinessNursing strike is a fact. Around 2,000 members of the Care Workers' Union are now going on strike at several of the country's major hospitals.
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