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How do the unions handle the new debate on salary gaps?
Over the past decade the number of working days lost due to labour conflicts has been very low. Illegal industrial action has nearly disappeared altogether. Meanwhile the pay gap has widened considerably. But now there is fresh disquiet. How do unions deal with these new times?
7 minutes
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Minister of Labour Lauri Ihalainen: Improved competence will safeguard Finland’s future
Finland’s new government has ambitious goals for improving people’s level of competence. Finns will handle structural changes and future challenges better through improved education and adult training.
7 minutes
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Editorial: Equality means sustainability
Economic crisis, political earthquakes and unprecedented terror in the midst of the Nordic region. It has all impacted the Nordic countries. “Crisis test the strength of the Nordic welfare models” is this month’s Theme. One important question pops up: must the welfare models be adapted to avoid growing differences within the countries?
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Equality driver of Iceland’s success
Higher taxes for those who have the most, protection of the poor and debt relief to businesses and households – all part of the recipe to get a bankrupt state back on track according to the Icelandic experience. You also need a proper post-party tidy-up, get the economy in balance and prevent criminal activity from…
7 minutes
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An election coloured by crisis
Which politicians can best guide Denmark through the current economic crisis, where more and more Danes fear going bust or end up unemployed? That is the deciding question in the Danish elections this month.
5 minutes
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Norwegian government to tackle involuntary part-time work
“Involuntary part-time work is a serious problem both for individuals and for society as a whole. It is the government’s goal to reduce involuntary part-time work and to make sure those who wish can get full-time employment,” says Minister of Labour Hanne Bjurstrøm.
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Norway’s Rigmor Aasrud to uncover the myth of a uniform Nordic region
Norway’s Cooperation Minister Rigmor Aasrud wants to engage the Nordic countries’ grass roots when Norway takes on the Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers in 2012.
7 minutes
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Globalisation gives life to new Nordic stories
How can Nordic countries better cooperate and become stronger in the face of global challenges? How can they join forces to increase growth and attract the right skills? Which initiatives are best to get people on the outside of the labour market into working life? Accelerating globalisation is changing the story of the Nordic region.
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Editorial: Mobile labour creates turbulence
“I have freed my own work from the shackles of time and space,” says the head of Microsoft Finland in our piece on open plan office spaces. He commutes in time and space between his virtual and real mobile workplace.
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Staffing agencies challenging the Nordic model
From time to time ‘The Great Debate” over the role of staffing agencies rolls out in the Nordic countries, despite the fact they provide a only a small percentage of the workforce.
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