https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The head of the Swedish Trade Union Confederation (LO) has warned telecoms giant Ericsson's owners that they should rethink the decision to cut 3000 jobs in Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20161006/union-boss-ericsson-cuts-could-be-an-expensive-mistake Thu, 06 Oct 2016 10:58:58 +0200 union-boss-ericsson-cuts-could-be-an-expensive-mistake UPDATED: Sweden's migration minister said on Friday that refugees could be put up in empty prisons as he laid out steps to tackle the sharp rise in asylum seekers arriving in the Nordic country. https://www.thelocal.se/20150925/sweden-to-urgently-review-asylum-policies Fri, 25 Sep 2015 12:13:51 +0200 sweden-to-urgently-review-asylum-policies Nearly half of Swedish trade union confederations bar Sweden Democrats from taking official positions, according to a report published on Monday. https://www.thelocal.se/20140714/unions-block-sweden-democrats-from-leadership Mon, 14 Jul 2014 11:11:00 +0200 unions-block-sweden-democrats-from-leadership OVER TO YOU: With threats to labour migration mooted The Local is inviting readers to tell us why Sweden needs skilled foreign workers. You can upload your videos or pictures via social media to be part of the debate. https://www.thelocal.se/20140506/tell-us-why-sweden-needs-foreign-workers Tue, 06 May 2014 14:00:00 +0200 tell-us-why-sweden-needs-foreign-workers Sweden's blue-collar union confederation on Friday said Sweden should re-introduce the inheritance tax and try to rein in tax cuts for the wealthy. The conservative finance minister called their ideas "devastatingly harmful". https://www.thelocal.se/20140214/union-economist-paint-bold-tax-reform-palette Fri, 14 Feb 2014 15:56:00 +0100 union-economist-paint-bold-tax-reform-palette Officials at Sweden's most powerful labour union organizations have been left red-faced after penning a letter written in English and riddled with typos inviting US President Barack Obama to meet with them during his upcoming visit to Stockholm. https://www.thelocal.se/20130813/49622 Tue, 13 Aug 2013 15:40:00 +0200 49622 Pirate Bay founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg was sentenced on Thursday to two years in prison for data breaches, aggravated fraud, and attempted aggravated fraud, in what was Sweden's biggest ever hacking trial. https://www.thelocal.se/20130620/48616 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 13:26:00 +0200 48616 Danish police have identified Pirate Bay founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg as the mastermind behind a hacker attack on the Danish police register of driving licence holders and wanted people across the EU. https://www.thelocal.se/20130607/48370 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 12:00:00 +0200 48370 Pirate Bay founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg is on trial once again in Sweden for his role in committing what prosecutors believe may have been the largest data breach in Swedish history. https://www.thelocal.se/20130520/48010 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:14:00 +0200 48010 Rising underemployment and curtailed access to job insurance is hitting Sweden's younger workers with a double whammy as they attempt to shore up their income security, unions have warned. https://www.thelocal.se/20130325/46926 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:55:00 +0100 46926 Sweden's Trade Union Confederation (Landsorganisationen - LO) on Saturday elected as its new president Karl- Petter Thorwaldsson, who proceeded to call for a restoration of the Swedish welfare model. https://www.thelocal.se/20120526/41058 Sat, 26 May 2012 18:20:00 +0200 41058 Stefan Löfven, a down-to-earth man from northern Sweden, politically inexperienced but with good chances of strengthening the crisis struck Social Democrats, received mainly flattering judgements from the nation's editorialists. https://www.thelocal.se/20120127/38760 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:56:00 +0100 38760 The chairman for Swedish insurance company AMF, Bertil Villard, is leaving his post after the firm's owners took exception to his tax affairs. https://www.thelocal.se/20110513/33760 Fri, 13 May 2011 14:57:00 +0200 33760 The CEOs of Sweden's 50 largest companies earn on average 40 times more than an industrial worker, a finding that a union organisation head believes is "totally unacceptable" and requires a "popular uprising" to remedy. https://www.thelocal.se/20110207/31884 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 13:05:00 +0100 31884 A resident of Malmö in southern Sweden never thought he’d never see the memory card from his digital camera again until he read a letter to the editor in a local newspaper. https://www.thelocal.se/20110109/31324 Sun, 09 Jan 2011 12:54:00 +0100 31324 The head of Sweden's central bank has warned against expanding household debt, pointing out that it plays a significant role in the bank's decisions to raise interest rates. https://www.thelocal.se/20101111/30162 Thu, 11 Nov 2010 17:50:00 +0100 30162 Sweden's main trade union organisation has proposed establishing a joint team to try to reach an agreement with employers over the law on job security. https://www.thelocal.se/20101006/29462 Wed, 06 Oct 2010 19:51:00 +0200 29462 Two Social Democratic election candidates from central Sweden were caught by police having sex with prostitutes in a Swedish Trade Union Confederation (Landsorganisationen i Sverige, LO) flat in Stockholm. https://www.thelocal.se/20100819/28452 Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:38:00 +0200 28452 Sweden’s largest trade union group, LO, has slammed the government over the plight of foreign berry pickers in northern Sweden, many of whom claim that charges from employers for travel and lodgings are leaving them in debt. https://www.thelocal.se/20100812/28338 Thu, 12 Aug 2010 21:11:00 +0200 28338 The Liberal Party (Folkpartiet) has reiterated its call for a state-run unemployment insurance fund, party leader Jan Björklund has confirmed. https://www.thelocal.se/20100527/26874 Thu, 27 May 2010 10:07:00 +0200 26874