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In reply to the discussion: STOCK MARKET WATCH -- Monday, 17 March 2014 [View all]xchrom
(108,903 posts)22. Swedes Losing Jobs Are Focus of Union Push for Regime Change
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-03-16/-devastating-swedish-job-losses-spur-lo-calls-for-regime-change.html
Swedens biggest blue-collar union is preparing for a regime change after September elections and says it wants the next government to borrow more and raise taxes to save jobs.
Sweden, where unemployment is the highest in Scandinavia, should elect a Social Democratic-led coalition to ensure more is invested in education, elderly care, railways, roads and housing, Tobias Baudin, first vice president at the Swedish Trade Union Confederation, known as LO, said in a March 13 interview in Stockholm.
Scandinavias biggest economy must start to invest in what creates jobs to reduce the mass unemployment thats so devastating in so many ways, said Baudin, whose union represents 1.5 million workers. He wants the next government to raise income taxes on high wage earners, he said.
LO is throwing its weight behind a campaign to remove the four-party Conservative-led government of Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt in Sept. 14 elections after it failed to live up to pledges to cut unemployment, Baudin said. Reinfeldts coalition is trailing by more than 15 percentage points in some polls amid voter concerns that multiple rounds of tax cuts since 2006 have led to a deterioration in education and health-care standards.
Swedens biggest blue-collar union is preparing for a regime change after September elections and says it wants the next government to borrow more and raise taxes to save jobs.
Sweden, where unemployment is the highest in Scandinavia, should elect a Social Democratic-led coalition to ensure more is invested in education, elderly care, railways, roads and housing, Tobias Baudin, first vice president at the Swedish Trade Union Confederation, known as LO, said in a March 13 interview in Stockholm.
Scandinavias biggest economy must start to invest in what creates jobs to reduce the mass unemployment thats so devastating in so many ways, said Baudin, whose union represents 1.5 million workers. He wants the next government to raise income taxes on high wage earners, he said.
LO is throwing its weight behind a campaign to remove the four-party Conservative-led government of Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt in Sept. 14 elections after it failed to live up to pledges to cut unemployment, Baudin said. Reinfeldts coalition is trailing by more than 15 percentage points in some polls amid voter concerns that multiple rounds of tax cuts since 2006 have led to a deterioration in education and health-care standards.
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Interesting roadmap on how to kill off a country. Bascially, take the companies that
jtuck004
Mar 2014
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Consortium News article (top) repost at theecologist via gmwatch link.
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Mar 2014
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