Union again defends pay in local government
Having already responded to government projections for future pay increases, municipal union Kommunal has now criticised finance minister Anders Borg for saying that starting salaries in local government are too high. General secretary Annelie Nordström said it was hard to believe that anyone could say a gross salary of SEK 16070 (€1788) was too high and furthermore, with so many women workers on part-time hours, many were earning much less than this. Read more at > Kommunal (SE)