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Sweden: At the Turning Point?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2023

Abstract

The Swedish industrial relations system has undergone significant changes in the past decade, as employers have vigorously pursued a strategy to decentralise the collective bargaining process. Issues of co-worker agreements and pay equity dominated the 1993 bargaining round, with employers seeking to limit the unions’ role to the enterprise level. Union membership levels, however, have remained high and there has been greater cooperation between blue and white collar union groups. The return of a Social Democratic led Government may see greater support for national agreements and representative forms of participation.

Type
Symposium: The Nordic Work Place
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s) 1994

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