Swaziland

22 August 2007

Sweden: Union's battle over pay and authors' rights intensifies as publishers announce lockout of journalists

The ongoing conflict between journalists and newspaper employers has intensified with the Swedish Newspaper Publishers' Association (Tidningsutgivarna - TU) extending its proposed lockout to include staff at web publications. Around 100 newspapers have been affected already by the dispute. Arbitration has failed to revive stalled talks over a new collective agreement for some 5,500 newspaper and...

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