Trade union confederation LO went along with an overall agreement that will yield wage growth of 4.4% this year. The deal was agreed in mediation just before a strike deadline loomed on 1 April. Both LO and its counterpart, the national employers’ organization NHO, appeared pleased with the deal that prevented another major strike. The wage pact is also likely to ward off others during the collective bargaining season this spring. It came despite recent indicators that inflation had started rising again, at a rate of 4.7%. There had been earlier demands that wages should rise at a rate higher than inflation in order to achieve “real” pay growth.
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