In the Swedish industrial sectors, wages will rise by 6.4 per cent in two years, says SVT, Sweden.
A two -year labor market solution has been created in the Swedish industrial sector that raises According to SVT Wages 6.4 percent.
This year, wages will increase by 3.4 per cent and next year by 3.0 per cent. Industrial agreement refers to the level of wage increases in other areas as well.
The trade unions initially demanded an annual salary increase of 4.2 %. Last week, trade unions rejected a mediation proposal that would have raised wages by 7.7 percent over three years.
Leaders of five trade unions are pleased with the result they have achieved.
– Agreements provide good conditions for the rise of real wages and are at a level that can set a standard for the Swedish labor market and at the same time benefit Sweden’s competitiveness, they say in his statement.
Employers are afraid of competitiveness to decline with the agreement.
– The agreement endangers our competitiveness compared to, among other things, Finland and Germany, where wage agreements ended at a lower level, says in the press release CEO of the Swedish Industry Employers’ Union Per.
In Finland, industrial payroll raises wages by 7.8 per cent in three years.