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            <title><![CDATA[The most important issue for us]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The question of reduced working hours is high on the agenda for several trade unions. It is the most important issue for the members right now, says the chairman of the Swedish Association of Health Professionals, Sineva Ribero.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 09 Aug 2024 10:09:06 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Tough summer for healthcare staff: "Serious"]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[About staff and gaps to be filled implies a lot of overtime work. Healthcare personnel at several of the country's larger hospitals have to toil hard to get the operations to work this summer, according to the union. I see a high risk of exhaustion, says specialist nurse Ann-Marie Karmborg.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jul 2024 04:15:26 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Nurses' dissatisfaction after the strike: "Crap"]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The dissatisfaction among nurses is great since the Swedish Association of Health Professionals concluded a new agreement with SKR. But according to the union, there were no alternatives to the settlement. The members would have been without a collective agreement for at least six months otherwise, says Annelie Söderberg, chief negotiator at the Swedish Association of Health Professionals.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jul 2024 07:12:11 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Shortage of Midwives This Summer – Again]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Two-thirds of the regions report that the staffing in maternity care looks better or is unchanged compared to last summer. Just over a third report that it has become worse. However, over half of the regions do not have enough midwives to ensure staffing, according to a survey by TT.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jul 2024 04:00:29 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[After the Healthcare Strike: Unions Demand Millions in Damages]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Swedish Association of Health Professionals has demanded damages of at least 150 million kronor, as they believe that protective work has been misused by the regions during the strike. This is reported by the newspaper Dagens Samhälle.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jul 2024 09:40:56 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[New healthcare agreement in place: "Delighted and relieved"]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A 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.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2024 15:51:31 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Healthcare Strike is Over – New Agreement in Place]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The 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.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2024 14:01:57 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Healthcare Conflict: Parties Meet Mediators]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The mediators in the healthcare conflict have called the Swedish Association of Health Professionals, the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SALAR) and Sobona to new meetings. But when an offer will come is still unclear.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 26 Jun 2024 09:28:31 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Health Professionals' Association Calls Off Strike in Several Regions]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Nurses' Association is cancelling the strike for its members in Östergötland, according to Corren. The reason is the region's inadequate staffing, which is said to be so slimmed down that a strike would constitute a threat to public safety.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2024 09:30:51 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Moved holiday pays 17,000 per week]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The ongoing healthcare conflict is making the situation in Uppsala so strained that they are now increasing the compensation for staff who move their holiday. "We must do what we can to guarantee patient safety during the summer," comments the regional director.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2024 17:03:12 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Doctors: We can't keep up with our job]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Many doctors will not be able to keep up with their ordinary work tasks this summer. And most of them do not think that their workplaces are equipped to handle an acute crisis. This is shown by a survey from the Medical Association. There are no margins, says Sofia Rydgren Stale, chairperson of the Medical Association.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2024 15:59:23 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Care Strike Continues – Union Rejects Mediators' Offer]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The 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.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2024 11:04:21 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Mediators' proposal to be submitted - response expected by Friday]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[On 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.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2024 09:03:54 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Healthcare Conflict: Mediators' Bid Expected Tomorrow]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The medals in the healthcare conflict will present a bid for the parties on Thursday at 11 am. However, it is not known what the bid contains.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2024 16:05:57 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Substantial Increase in Sickness Absence in the Welfare Sector]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2024 06:14:39 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Healthcare on strike – this is what the union demands]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The 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:]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2024 11:52:11 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Care conflict expands – more out on strike]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Furthermore, 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.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2024 05:08:15 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Care strike expanded on Tuesday]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[It will be an expanded care strike on Tuesday, reports the Swedish Association of Health Professionals' press service to TT. Preliminarily, a further 1,300 union members are taking industrial action.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2024 10:08:18 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Researchers: It suggests a prolonged care strike]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Swedish Social Association demands shorter working hours - the employer side says no. The ongoing strike can become a prolonged story, according to researcher Christer Thörnqvist. If they succeed, it could also lead to demands from other professional groups, he says.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 08 Jun 2024 05:14:21 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[No bid in care conflict - strike can be extended]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[An expanded healthcare strike is getting closer. According to the mediators, no opportunities are seen to present an offer at the moment.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2024 14:27:58 GMT</pubDate>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2024 16:37:03 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[First strike in 16 years: "Divided feeling"]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Historically – 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.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2024 09:41:25 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Union Goes on Strike – Major Hospital Affected]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Nursing 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.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2024 06:50:28 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Healthcare Strike Takes Place – This Is How the Hospitals Are Affected]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Approximately 2,000 people at several of the country's largest hospitals will go on strike on Tuesday. The emergency department at Östra hospital in Gothenburg will be closed for a week. But patients should feel safe to seek care, says Mattias Bjarnegård, the area manager.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2024 14:56:52 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[No bid from the mediators – healthcare strike awaits]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[It will be a strike from and with Tuesday. Medlarna see no possibility to be able to put forward a proposal as the parties are still far from each other. It feels quite heavy, says Vårdförbundets chairman Sineva Ribeiro.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2024 13:57:39 GMT</pubDate>
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