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Collective agreement extensions – the second best alternative?

Why is there so much resistance in the Nordics against the EU Commission directive on minimum wages? The answer is that the countries believe they have a nearly perfect system of collective agreements, so why change something that works? In many European countries where the social partners are weaker, extensions of collective agreements form an important part of the wage model.
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Conference on wage formation

Irene Wennemo, Director-General of the Swedish National Mediation Office, and Finland’s Minister of Employment, Tuula Haatainen, exchanged experiences at the conference on wage formation in Helsinki, hosted by Finland which holds the Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers.

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