[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page:work\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2010\u002Fsweden-engineering-employers-terminate-cooperation-agreement-may-2-2010":3},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"short_title":7,"intro_text":7,"meta_description":8,"seo_title":8,"path":9,"content_type":10,"locale":11,"go_live_at":7,"first_published_at":12,"page_created_at":13,"published_at":12,"edit_url":14,"breadcrumbs":15,"seo":28,"body_blocks":36,"call_to_action":42,"categories":49,"labels":50,"owner":7,"authors":51,"related_pages":52,"related_sites":53,"in_subsite":54,"contact_page_url":55,"banner_message":56},18282,"sweden-engineering-employers-terminate-cooperation-agreement-may-2-2010","Sweden - Engineering employers terminate cooperation agreement - May 2, 2010",null,"","\u002Fwork\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2010\u002Fsweden-engineering-employers-terminate-cooperation-agreement-may-2-2010","pages.newspage","en","1969-12-30T23:00:00+00:00","2025-12-15T15:45:48.371521+00:00","\u002Fcms\u002Fpages\u002F18282\u002Fedit\u002F",[16,19,22,25,27],{"title":17,"slug":18},"World of Work","work",{"title":20,"slug":21},"Collective Bargaining Agreement","collective-bargaining-agreement",{"title":23,"slug":24},"Collective Bargaining Updates","updates",{"title":26,"slug":26},"2010",{"title":6,"slug":5},{"title":6,"description":8,"image":29,"canonical":30,"robots":31,"og_type":32,"twitter_card":33,"locale":11,"created_at":34,"last_modified_at":35},"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FSocial_media_preview_image_-_2025.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x630.png","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fwork\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2010\u002Fsweden-engineering-employers-terminate-cooperation-agreement-may-2-2010\u002F","index, follow","website","summary_large_image","1969-12-31T00:00:00+01:00","2025-12-26T20:51:01.416651+01:00",[37],{"type":38,"data":39},"raw_html_block",{"content":40,"variant":41},"\n\u003Cp>On 29 April, the Association of the Swedish Engineering Industries terminated the Cooperation Agreement on Industrial Development and Wage Formation, reached between employer associations and unions in March 1997 and aiming at promoting industrial development, profitability and competitiveness. The termination was announced out of the blue at a press conference by the CEO of the Association of the Swedish Engineering Industries, Anders Narvinger, and his head of bargaining, Anders Weihe. The president of the IF Metall union, Stefan Lofven, commented: “We are surprised and consider this as strange behaviour. This is not what the Swedish industry is asking for right now. It creates uncertainty about wage formation in the industry playing a leading role in the national bargaining procedures”. While terminating the agreement, the employers’ association announced to remain open for discussions. According to Anders Weihe, “A more rational approach to wage formation is needed”. What this rational approach includes is yet unclear, though from the side of IF Metall it is assumed that more decentralisation is central.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>English: message of EUCOBAN network of EMF \u002F EFFAT \u002F ETUF-TCL \u002F EMCEF\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"discreet\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cem>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"teaserText\">This\r\narticle was published in the Collective Bargaining Newsletter. It aims\r\nto facilitate information exchange between trade unions and to support\r\nthe work of ETUC's collective bargaining committee. \u003C\u002Fspan>For more \r\ninformation, please contact the editor Maarten van Klaveren, Amsterdam \r\nInstitute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) \u003Ca href=\"mailto:M.vanKlaveren@uva.nl\">M.vanKlaveren@uva.nl\u003C\u002Fa>. You may \r\nfind further information on the ETUI at\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwebmail.uva.nl\u002Fexchweb\u002Fbin\u002Fredir.asp?URL=http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002F\">www.etui.org\u003C\u002Fa>,\r\n and on the AIAS at \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwebmail.uva.nl\u002Fexchweb\u002Fbin\u002Fredir.asp?URL=http:\u002F\u002Fwww.uva-aias.net\u002F\">www.uva-aias.net\u003C\u002Fa>.\r\n © ETUI aisbl, Brussels 2009.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n","light",{"text":43,"link":44},"Contact us",{"title":43,"url":45,"description":43,"rel":46,"type":47,"id":48},"\u002Fabout\u002Fcontact","follow","internal",24590,[],[],[],[],[],false,"\u002Fwork\u002Fliving-wages\u002Fcontact-us","\u003Cp>Welcome to WageIndicator. Same organisation, same information, new look!\u003C\u002Fp>"]