Industrial Unions' Demands: Increased Wages – for Everyone
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Svenska Dagbladet
The pace of wage increases must be slowed down, say the employers. Not a chance, answer the unions, who today present their joint demand in the upcoming collective bargaining process.
Increased real wages and shortened working hours. Now the unions in industry are presenting their demands ahead of the 2027 negotiations. "When companies can actually afford higher real wages and shorter working hours, stinginess becomes a choice, not a necessity," they write on DN Debatt.
DN DEBATT. Despite the world around us, Swedish industry is doing well and growth is increasing. Yet employers are holding back wages. When companies can actually afford higher real wages and shorter working hours, stinginess becomes a choice, not a necessity. We are prepared to take our responsibility in upcoming negotiations. Are the employers? writes representatives of the Swedish Trade Unions in Industry.
The pace of wage increases must be slowed down, say the employers. Not a chance, answer the unions, who today present their joint demand in the upcoming collective bargaining process. Since the late 1990s, it has been unions and employers in industry that have come to set the "mark" for the rest of the labor market. The five major unions in industry – IF Metall, Unionen, Sveriges Ingenjörer, GS and Livs – will today present the joint wage demand…
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