Documents

Filter Documents
Area
Category
  • The Power Elite - Always More, Never Enough

    A Study of income trends for the power elite, 1950-2009 (Summary) 

    Area: Economy
    Category: Report
  • LO and The Swedish Painters' Union urge release of Shahrokh Zamani

    A jailed union active member, painter Shahrokh Zamani, a member of the Founding Board of the Syndicate of Painters of Tehran and the Committee to Pursue the Establishment of Workers Organizations, has been on hunger strike since 8 March.

    Area: International issues
    Category:
  • When labour costs squeeze the price - an analysis of public sector investments in infrastructure

    The report analyses three large infrastructure projects in Sweden where the purchasers have consciously and actively worked to hold down costs of infrastrucutre projects. Economic mobility is put before social considerations.  

    Area:
    Category: Report
  • Democracy as an obstacle for free movement within the EU

    Is free movement of services compatible with the Swedish Labour market model? In recent years the conflict between the EU’s economic freedoms – freedom of movement of goods, capital, services and persons protected by the Treaties – and basic trade union rights has become increasingly prominent in the European debate.  

    Area:
    Category: Report
  • Guest in reality - About posted workers in practice

    In this report we have tried to give a qualified picture of the incidence of posting of foreign workers in the LO (Swedish Trade Union Confederation) affiliates' industries. The report shows that in construction posted workers make up almost 19 per cent of the total workforce and in forestry about 11 per cent. In other industries the percentage of posted workers is more modest. 

    Area:
    Category: Report
  • For a Social Europe - introduce a social protocol in the EU Treaty

    Report of the Social Democratic party and the Swedish Trade Union Confederation working Group for a strategy to introduce a social protocol in the EU Treaty. 

    Area:
    Category: Report
  • Opinions on Unions and Work Part 5 year 2011

    The fifth report in the series “Opinions on unions and work” deals with freedom and privileges at work as well as perceived class identity. 

    Area: Organisational issues
    Category: Report
  • Opinions on Unions and Work Part 4 year 2011

    The fourth report in the series ‘Opinions on unions and work’ presents employee views on trade union tasks, trade union influence and cooperation between LO and the Social Democratic Party. 

    Area: Organisational issues
    Category: Report
  • Opinions on Unions and Work Part 3 year 2011

    The quintessence of trade union strength is having a large number of members who want to be organised in trade unions. But almost equally important is that a large number of members also want to assume trade union assignments and in their capacity as elected union representatives conduct daily trade union work at workplaces. 

    Area: Organisational issues
    Category: Report
  • Opinions on Unions and Work Part 2 year 2011

    Views on trade union membership: In the middle of the 1990s almost 90 percent of workers were members of a trade union. Since then there has been a slow but steady decrease of the union membership.  

    Area: Organisational issues
    Category: Report
  • Opinions on Unions and Work Part 1 year 2011

    Views on wages and wage differences: A clear majority of all employees – 76 per cent - are of the opinion that the wage differences between different occupations are too big. 

    Area: Organisational issues
    Category:
  • Turkey June 2013

    The Swedish Trade Union Confederation (LO) has sent the attached letter to the Prime Minister of Turkey, Mr. R T Erdogan, protesting against the violence against the peaceful demonstrations in the country.

    Area: Welfare issues
    Category:
  • Guatemala may 2013

     

    Area: International issues
    Category:
  • Together we are stronger

    When LO representatives meet trade union activists and organisations from other countries, we often receive questions about the Swedish trade union-political cooperation. How does it work? What do you do? Could you give us some advice? 

    Area: Organisational issues
    Category:
  • Union reflections on the economic crisis

    This is the first in a series of reports from the Swedish Trade Union Confederation (LO) on the theme 'Trade unions and the EU'. 

    Area: Economy
    Category:
  • Colombia april 2013

     

    Area: International issues
    Category:
  • A hundred years of health & safety representation

    Trade union representatives and developments in the work environment - hundred years of history 

    Area: Work environment
    Category:
  • Together we are stronger

    This manual describes how trade union - political cooperation works and might work in Sweden and in other countries as well as in the EU and at a global level. The manual also provides support for those who want to work with trade union - political cooperation in international development projects.  

    Area:
    Category:
  • The Swedish Model

    The Swedish Model - the Importance of Collective Agreements in Sweden. The wage level, the right to insurance coverage and an occupational pension scheme are perhaps the most important examples of what is regulated in a Swedish collective agreement.  

    Area:
    Category:
  • The Trade Union Vow - in seven languages

     

    Area:
    Category:
Sida 3 av 3123