Sweden : trade unions ready for wage negotiations

Trade unions are filling their bank accounts in the perspective of collective conflicts linked to wage negotiations. This preparation is taking place within a tensed social environment, since the announcement by the centre-right government of an overhaul of the welfare state. (Ref. 070015)
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Time to renegotiate collective agreements. Trade unions have filled up their bank accounts before the beginning of negotiations. Indeed, the negotiation of collective agreements (every three years) will start next week and most major strikes take place during this period. According to the latest estimates, Swedish trade unions have a lot of money and this enables them to finance long collective actions in order to back their demands. The trade union for technicians and administrative employees

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