News from LO

LO is the central organisation for 14 affiliates which organise workers within both the private and the public sectors. The 14 affiliates together have about 1.700.000 members of whom about 770.000 are women.

The 14 affiliates of LO have independent status, and LO is primarily an organisation for co-ordination, research, signing labour market insurance schemes and creating public opinion at central and regional levels.

In this homepage you will find facts about LO in Sweden and news from us.

Every other part-timer wants longer working hours 2010/02/02

Every other part-timer, approximately 500 000 persons, wants longer working hours. Most of them, some 280 000 persons, work part-time due to the fact that the employer does not offer full-time work or no full-time work is available. The remaining 220 000 part-timers want, but cannot, work longer working hours owing to poor health or reduced work capacity.

Counter the Climate Crisis with Investment and Technological Innovation 2010/01/13

Twice as many poor among sick, retired and jobless people 2009/12/14

A new LO report indicates that poverty among sick, retired and jobless people has doubled between the years 2002 and 2007. It also appears in the report that the income gaps in society widened during these years, and that the unequal distribution of incomes from capital is an important explanation. The LO report is based on official income statistics of employees between 20 and 64 years of age. Those who receive most of their yearly income from pension, sick pay or labour market subsidies are ranked as jobless, sick and pensioners.

Iraqi trade unionist murdered 2009/12/10

Mr. Majeed Sahib Kareem, internal relations secretary of the General Federation of Iraqi Workers, was murdered by a bomb attached to his car. LO calls for an immediate investigation of the case.

LO General Council has decided on common demands for the 2010 collective bargaining round 2009/12/01

LO-Sweden mourns the passing of Neil Kearney 2009/11/30

Invitation to European Conference on Human Trafficking in Stockholm on December 3rd, 2009 2009/11/20

Economic Prospects by the LO Economists 2009/11/13

Deregulation in the labour market has worsened the economic crisis 2009/10/21

Initiatives in favour of equality and low-wage groups have resulted in higher salaries 2009/10/12

Wanja Lundby-Wedin comments on the government’s budget bill for 2010 2009/09/28

Progress in sight in terms of growth, but still difficult situation on the labour market 2009/09/17

Protest letter to military junta 2009/08/31

LO submits climate policy programme 2009/08/21

New LO report on shrinking confidence in the sickness insurance 2009/07/03

Letter to US embassy in Stockholm 2009/06/25

Co-operation in EU economic policy-making is underutilized 2009/05/18

Speech by the LO President on May 1st 2009/05/18

LO programme for an alternative policy to combat the crisis 2009/05/14

Speech by Wanja Lundby-Wedin at the WORKS conference 2009/05/08

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The Trade Union Vow - in seven languages(2007-05-22)

The Swedish Trade Union Confederation - facts and history (2007-05-22)

Privileges and benefits decisive of class and sex

In the fourth report of “Opinions on unions and work”, work-related privileges and benefits are illustrated. Comparisons are made with previous reports made in 1988, 1993, 1998 and 2002. The possibility to take five minutes’ rest from work without asking for permission is a matter of course for many employees. But almost a third of the LO women cannot do that compared to only six per cent of the TCO men (white-collar workers) and SACO men (academics).