News
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LO elected two new Vice Presidents
| Organisational issuesA unanimous LO Congress today elected Therese Guovelin as new First Vice President and Berit Müllerström as new Second Vice President.
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The EU must introduce a social protocol
| Collective agreementLO is to work actively to introduce a social protocol in the EU to protect trade union and human rights. This was decided by the Swedish Trade Union Confederation Congress today.
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Equality is the theme of the LO Congress
| Organisational issuesToday, Friday, the Swedish Trade Union Confederation, LO, starts its 28th Statutory Congress. For four days a total of 400 delegates from LO’s fourteen national unions will join together to set the course for LO’s work in the next four years.
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The elections committee’s proposal for the new LO leadership
| Organisational issuesThe following persons have been proposed by a unanimous elections committee to lead LO for the forthcoming four years.
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We like change – A Progressive Agenda for Future Jobs
| International issuesSomething new is taking place in labour markets around the world. At least since the end of the 1990s, both low-skill and high-skill jobs are increasing, while middle-skill jobs are decreasing. This is called job polarisation and means that we are moving towards an hourglass-shaped labour market.
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Global Deal for Decent Work and Inclusive Growth
| International issuesSwedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven launched his vision for a Global Deal for Decent Work and Inclusive Growth in 2013, when he was newly-elected party leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party.
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Qatar - oppression, desperation and hope
| International issuesIn Qatar, modern slavery is a reality. Having returned from a field trip there, my impressions of all the young women and men who are forced to work under inhuman conditions and live in big camps are impossible to forget. In spite of protests from the surrounding world, the conditions for these most exposed workers have in some cases even worsened.
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Eradicating poverty - new global development goals
| International issuesPoverty in the World will be eradicated by 2030. This is the objective of the ambitious agenda agreed on by UN member states.
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New LO-report: Full employment and a wage policy of solidarity
| Labour marketSince the 1990s Sweden has suffered from high unemployment and currently has what must be described as mass unemployment. It is obvious that the economic policy pursued is no longer able to achieve full employment. Nor is it possible to return to the policy prevalent before the 1990s. Consequently, what Sweden needs is a new economic policy that combines full employment and fair wages with today’s open economy.
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Everyone is entitled to protection and help
| International issuesIt is a matter of humanity and decency. That is what the LO Executive Council writes in a statement in response to the refugee crisis. All EU countries must share responsibility for people fleeing from war and persecution. In the same way all Sweden’s municipalities must share the responsibility of receiving refugees.
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Protests against the regime make a difference for Iranian union activists
| International issuesUnion protests having taken place in Iran during the spring have been countered by aggression by the regime. LO Sweden and the Swedish Transport Workers' Union have repeatedly protested against and condemned the summary executions, imprisonments and harassment that take place in Iran.
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TTIP and workers' rights
| International issuesIn March, LO met with the European Commission Chief Negotiator to discuss the on-going negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).
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New LO report on Swedish labour market policy
| Labour marketOnly one out of four unemployed in Sweden today have access to measures aimed at strengthening competence or increasing possibilities to a new job. In a new report LO therefore demands that a special commission should be set up tasked with mapping the opportunities to increase the vocational education content of active labour market policy.
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Hands off our right to strike!
| International issuesToday (18 February) the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) will stage a worldwide action day in defence of the globally regulated right to strike.The right to strike is the last resort for workers, enabling them to demand reasonable working conditions.
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Europe needs more and better jobs
| International issuesTwo challenges are facing Europe today: fighting the high unemployment rate and social dumping, as well as creating more jobs. What is the French-Swedish approach on how to achieve this ?
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LO creates alliances for a social protocol through Treaty change
| Collective agreement"I am happy that the Prime Minister accepted my initiative to arrange a meeting to create alliances with the countries where the issue of a social protocol is important", Karl-Petter Thorwaldsson says in an interview, referring to a meeting that will take place between social democratic political and trade union leaders from Sweden, Germany and Austria next week.
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LO appeal for the ILO supervisory system
| International issuesThe ILO supervisory mechanism is at risk. The Employers’ group in the ILO does not accept the existence of a global right to strike.
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LO-Sweden welcomes the Swedish government’s recognition of the State of Palestine
| Forming public opinionLast Thursday, Sweden became the 136th country in the world to recognise the State of Palestine. Although seven other EU member states – Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Malta, Poland and Romania – have already done so, Sweden is the first country from Western Europe to recognise Palestine.
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LO welcomes the new government's policy
| Forming public opinionThe new government of Sweden will recognise the State of Palestine and act for the introduction of a social progress protocol in the EU Treaty.
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Green Transition the theme of the World Day for Decent Work
| International issuesSustainable transition is a vital issue for tomorrow’s society. If we cannot reach the environmental goals, economic and social sustainability are jeopardised. Our jobs are at stake!
