The blue-collar workers confederation LO has called on the other unions to coordinate wage demands for 2013. The LO national unions have agreed on demands for a lump sum increase that will bring low wage workers up to the standard of the average industrial worker and on an overall demand of 2.5% for all workers already earning the average or more.
English: http://www.lo.se/home/lo/home.nsf ...
Swedish: http://www.kommunal.se/Kommunal/Nyheter/2012/LOs-krav-en-laglone ...
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