Home » Industrial relations » National industrial relations » Sweden: trade union body Unionen developing closer ties with its German counterpart IG Metall to better manage digital platform working Sweden: trade union body Unionen developing closer ties with its German counterpart IG Metall to better manage digital platform working In June 2016, Unionen, Sweden’s private sector union, concluded a ‘strategic’ cooperation agreement with its corresponding German body, IG Metall (metals and electronics), so that Unionen can capitalize on IG Metall’s experience with digital working. The goal is to pre-empt the shocks that the new economy may provoke especially by way of developing a common communications tool for organizing this new form of manpower. Through . Published on 08 September 2016 à 12h20 - Update on 08 September 2016 à 12h20 Resources A booming sector and a new set of challenges. In Sweden the data indicates that roughly 737,000, or 12% of the active labor force, currently depend on ‘digital platform’ based work and that 24% of the active labor force would welcome working in this area. Unionen thus wants to take this segment into account and quickly position itself in this sector.… Need more info ? Contact mind's on-demand study service Which service do you want to contact :WritingCommercial serviceTechnical SupportFirst name Last name Organization Function email* Object of the message Your messageRGPD J’accepte la politique de confidentialité.EmailThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Essentials Les dernières publications Supporting parenthood in the workplace: a win-win strategy Supporting employee carers: a CSR challenge Analyzes Les dernières publications Paternity leave: data observations from 41 countries EU: during H1 2022 five EU Member States have raised their minimum salary levels
