Sweden: Klarna employees go on strike as collective agreement talks fail

After eight months of fruitless negotiations with Klarna management, the Swedish trade unions  –  Unionen and Engineers of Sweden – at the specialist in the ‘Buy Now Pay Later’ (BNPL) payment system, which enables consumers to pay for a purchase in several instalments without interest, are calling for a strike on 7 November. Employees are demanding that major changes in the company, such as mass redundancies or collective pay rises, be negotiated between management and unions, a common...