Sweden: learning agreement in the wood industry departs from layoff order to keep young skilled workers

e wood and furniture sector signed by the GS union (Forest, Wood and Graphic Workers’ Union) and its employers’ counterpart, Tra och moberlindustriforbundet (furniture and wood industry employers’ organization) is groundbreaking because its official objective is to facilitate the recruitment of young people while they train, by overriding the provisions of the employment security act and layoff order. (Ref. 100061)

An agreement both parties need. The agreement the social partners of the wood an