Sweden: after 11 days of strike, the paper workers’ union gets raises up to 3.5% for low wages

Tough negotiating conditions. The strike was tough and had an important number of followers. On April 5th, the union sent a slowdown notice (refusal to work overtime) for the entire paper industry. On April 16th, 3,000 employees and 6 businesses stopped working, and 2,800 employees and 6 other businesses threatened to go on strike as of Monday, May 2nd. This strike cost the sector nearly SEK 527 million (€54.5m). This is why, at the end of the negotiations, its leader, Jan Henrik Sander, thanked “Pappers members who supported the movement when necessary.” Actually, the trade union promised to make up for the strikers’ loss of earnings.
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umber of followers. On April 5th, the union sent a slowdown notice (refusal to work overtime) for the entire paper industry. On April 16th, 3,000 employees and 6 businesses stopped working, and 2,800 employees and 6 other businesses threatened to go on strike as of Monday, May 2nd. This strike cost the sector nearly SEK 527 million (€54.5m). This is why, at the end of the negotiations, its leader, Jan Henrik Sander, thanked “Pappers members who supported the movement when necessary.” Actually,

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