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Letter to the EU exposes cracks within European Trade Union Confederation

It is with regret that we need to inform the Commission that the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) reply regarding the consultation on European minimum wages is not representative for us. That is what ten trade union confederations from Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden write in a letter which highlights a historic crack in ETUC.
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Do we know more about the USA than Europe?

Many have become experts on US politics in the past 12 months. A few days ago, Donald Trump left the White House for the last time and Joe Biden was inaugurated as the 46th President of the USA. The transfer of power also has consequences for the Nordics and Europe.
Conditions for road transport workers splits Europe into east and west nyhet

Conditions for road transport workers splits Europe into east and west

Truck drivers were sacrificed in order to reach an agreement when the changes to the directive on the posting of workers were passed early this summer.
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| June 2017

Refugee immigration not primarily about money

What do refugees cost? It is a concern for both proponents and opponents of welcoming refugees to a country. Yet research shows the challenge is more social than economic, where the major risk of alienation lies in the gap between those who have a job and those who do not.
Torstein Lerhol is responsible for 700 staff. Now he wants to become mayor. tema

Torstein Lerhol is responsible for 700 staff. Now he wants to become mayor.

Torstein Lerhol can only move one finger, but feels he can contribute to society just like anybody else thanks to the support he gets from his home municipality of Vang in Oppland, Norway. He wants to give something back. That is why he will run for mayor this autumn.
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AFI and Arbeidsliv i Norden: A Nordic view of working life

The Norwegian Work Research Institute AFI turns 60 this year. For 24 of those years, the institute has published Arbeidsliv i Norden (the Nordic Labour Journal) on commission from the Nordic Council of Ministers.
Ingrid Ihme, chosen to sort out NAV interview

Ingrid Ihme, chosen to sort out NAV

“This must be the most demanding and exciting group of the decade. I am proud to have been part of it,” says Ingrid Ihme, head of Telenor Open Mind, and one of the seven people chosen to sit in the Minister of Labour and Social Affairs’ Expert group which has been assessing possible changes to Norway’s Labour and Welfare Administration, NAV.
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Theme: Nordic gender equality

Newsletter from the Nordic Labour Journal 2/2023
How Sats Elixia works to secure the right competency tema
| Sep 2017

How Sats Elixia works to secure the right competency

Competency is a moving target, since the knowledge needed to manage a job always changes. In the fitness and exercise industry this is doubly true. Not only does one trend replace another. Competency also often means knowing the right movements and how to make people move.
ILO: Europe’s youth must get jobs and regain their confidence innsikt

ILO: Europe’s youth must get jobs and regain their confidence

The ILO will help put the youth guarantee into practice and make sure €6bn granted by the EU will be used to get Europe’s youth into work. The ILO will play a stronger role in helping crisis-hit European countries to improve the economic, social and political consequences of the crisis and to reestablish trust in the countries.
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