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            <title><![CDATA[Vice President of Commerce takes over Princess Estelle's Cultural Foundation]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Lars Strannegård, vice-chancellor of the Stockholm School of Economics and Business Administration, will become CEO of the foundation responsible for Princess Estelle's sculpture park on Djurgården in Stockholm.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 07:55:38 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Elgiganten's warehouse workers in Jönköping received the wrong salary - compensated with bowling]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Warehouse workers at Elgiganten's logistics warehouse in Jönköping were paid incorrect wages. Now they are to be compensated - including for bowling.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 11:07:54 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The pay gap is increasing – managers receive 40,000 more per month]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[CEO salaries in the largest retail companies increased by an average of SEK 39,500 per month last year. The average salary increase for the top executives was 12 percent, while retail workers received 3.9.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 06:28:40 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Handel backs down – abolishes requirement for university entrance exams]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Stockholm School of Economics is dropping its stricter requirements for prospective students after just one admissions round. The effect was not what the school had expected.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2025 06:10:28 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Clas Ohlson Warehouse Staff Face Termination Over New Agreement]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Employees at Clas Ohlson's warehouse in Insjön in Leksand municipality have until October 14 to sign a new agreement. Otherwise, the company threatens with termination, reports the newspaper Arbetet.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2025 09:19:08 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Social Democrats Push for Shorter Working Hours Through Negotiations]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The S-congress decides that working hours need to be shortened for everyone. First and foremost, the issue should be resolved through negotiations between the labour market parties. However, regulations and other measures may also be required.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2025 11:20:50 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Unionen Strike Warning Puts Swedish Trade and Inspections at Risk]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Civil Servants' Union Unionen is issuing a strike warning to a free school consortium, some vehicle inspection centers, and the Stockholm School of Economics.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2025 12:16:24 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sweden's New Trade Deal Boosts Pay and Cuts Working Hours]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Pay rises, shorter working hours and overtime compensation for part-time employees. This is what the new collective agreement entails, which the trade union Handels has negotiated with the employer organization Svensk Handel.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2025 08:33:41 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Social Democrats Push to End Sick Pay Deduction in Sweden]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Social Democrats want to completely abolish the sickness benefit deduction. It is completely unreasonable and unfair, says S leader Magdalena Andersson.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2025 09:51:44 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sweden's Wage Gap: Why Part-Time Work Costs Women 5,400 Kronor Monthly]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The gap is increasing between what part-time employed working women and full-time employees earn. On average, it differs by 5,400 kronor per month, according to an LO report. The union is pushing for it to become more expensive to hire on shorter terms.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2025 05:00:26 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Many bought shoes in January]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The year started strong for the fashion trade and particularly well did the shoe sales, according to the Swedish Trade Style Index for January 2025.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 14 Feb 2025 05:45:17 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Swedish Trade wants to freeze starting salaries]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[At least 1,300 kronor more per month and higher compensation for part-time employees who work more than what the contract states. The employers want to freeze the starting salaries.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2025 09:00:22 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Industry Alarm: 3 out of 10 below the Poverty Line]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Seven out of ten in retail trade work part-time. Three out of ten thus have such a low salary that they fall below the poverty line. That figure must come down, believes the LO union Handels, which is prepared to go on strike over the issue. One way to achieve this could be to make it more expensive for each hour worked, says chairperson Linda Palmetzhofer.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2024 05:05:26 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The entire LO is prepared to strike for part-time employees]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A special focus on part-time employees, primarily in trade, is a new demand as LO coordinates in the wage movement. But one union, Seko, stands outside, in disappointment over shorter working hours not being included in the coordination.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 23 Oct 2024 09:59:56 GMT</pubDate>
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