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Will English become the new Nordic language of cooperation? nyhet

Will English become the new Nordic language of cooperation?

Which language should the Nordic region choose for its future cooperation? The common Scandinavian which is spoken by three-quarters of the Nordic population? Or do we take the consequences of an ever decreasing understanding of languages and turn to English? Is the Nordic identity at all built on a common language?
Will Greenland get the mining adventure off the ground? tema
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Will Greenland get the mining adventure off the ground?

Greenland is about to introduce a range of reforms aimed at creating a well-functioning labour market and a stable framework for foreign investments in industries like mining.
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Will Lex Laval work?

On 9 September the Swedish Building Workers' Union (Byggnads) took industrial action against a Lithuanian company building a school in Höllviken in Southern Sweden. The union demanded the company paid its Lithuanian workers according Swedish salary agreements. Are we heading towards a new Laval ruling?
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Will platform companies fit into the Nordic model?

Does the Uber driver have an employer? Is the ‘self-employed’ actually an employee? And what will the zero hours worker live from if he or she does not get to work enough hours?
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Will Sweden's new Employment Act fall foul of government crisis?

In early June the Swedish government presented its contribution to a reform of the Employment Act and added 11 billion kronor a year to cover retraining and studies. Then the government crisis happened and the question now is what will become of the difficult labour protection issue.
Will the climate issue rejuvenate Nordic trade unions? nyhet

Will the climate issue rejuvenate Nordic trade unions?

What signals were the most important to come out of the NFS congress in Oslo? We asked Ragnhild Lied, President of the Union confederation, to sum up her impressions. “What is clear now is that we are experiencing so many crises at once,” she says.
Will the ILO elect its first female Director-General? nyhet
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Will the ILO elect its first female Director-General?

On 25 March, the International Labour Organisation, ILO, will elect a new Director-General. There are five candidates, two of whom are women – Kang Kyung-wha from South Korea and Muriel Pénicaud from France. Both are former government ministers.
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Will we get the artificial intelligence we deserve?

The Nordic countries have a special responsibility to influence the development of AI systems to ensure they are safe, transparent, traceable, non-discriminatory, and environmentally friendly.
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William Cockburn

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Wilma Westerholm

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