Sweden - Local government workers get 3.5% over two years - May 13, 2010

Around 100,000 white collar workers in local government, members of the SKTF union, are covered by a new two-year agreement that runs from 1 April 2010 to 30 April 2012. Pay can rise by 2% in 2010 and 1.5% in 2011 but there are no individual guarantees. Parental leave is increased from three to five months.

English: http://www.epsu.org/cob/365;

Swedish: https://www.sktf.se/Templates/Page____35921.aspx

This article was published in the Collective Bargaining Newsletter. It aims to facilitate information exchange between trade unions and to support the work of ETUC's collective bargaining committee. For more information, please contact the editor Maarten van Klaveren, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) M.vanKlaveren@uva.nl. You may find further information on the ETUI atwww.etui.org, and on the AIAS at www.uva-aias.net. © ETUI aisbl, Brussels 2009.