Report of the Commission on Industrial Relations in Sweden: With Appendixes |
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accordance Act Respecting amount application for registration appoint approved arbitration board asso association belonging Association of Swedish association or branch auditors central organization collective agreement collective bargaining collective contract Committee of Delegates compensation concerned conciliator Conference conflict connected considered craft unions damages decide decision deemed Department of Social deputy elected entitled fees given group council Headquarters hostile actions independent chairman International Labor Office June 22 L. O. SEC Labor Council Labor Court Legislative Series liability matter under negotiation meeting membership ment minimum wages months mutatis mutandis necessary paid parties percent person piece-work price provisions question relations in Sweden representatives request respective federation boards right of association Riksdag section 16 Senate settlement Social Affairs specting statutes stipulations Stockholm strike or lock-out submit summons Swedish crowns Swedish Employers Federation Swedish Wood Industries thereof tion trade group trade or local Umeå unions valid week workers and employers
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Page 3 - The conclusion reached is that " although strikes and lock-outs still occur in Sweden, they occur within the framework of a voluntary system of collective bargaining in which the settlement of differences by methods of persuasion rather than by force has become the order of the day.
Page 50 - An association which has concluded a collective contract may bring an action in the Labor Court on behalf of any person who is or has been a member of the association...
Page 46 - Employers or employees who are bound by a collective agreement may not, during the period of validity of the agreement, take part in a stoppage of work (lock-out or strike), blockade, boycott or other offensive action of a similar nature: 1. on account of a dispute respecting the validity, existence or correct interpretation of the agreement, or on account of a dispute as to whether a particular action constitutes an infringement of the agreement or the provisions of this Act; 2.
Page 53 - The provisions of this section shall not be a hindrance to the inclusion in a contract of a stipulation that a foreman shall not be a member of an association the aim of which is to defend the interests of the employees subordinate to him as against the employer.
Page 54 - foreman" (arbetsledare) shall mean a person who is appointed to act as the representative of the employer in directing, distributing and supervising work which is carried out by employees subordinate to him and in which he himself does not take part otherwise than incidentally.
Page 54 - right of negotiation" (forhandlingsratt) shall mean the right to institute negotiations respecting the adjustment of conditions of employment and respecting the relations between employers and employees in general. The right of negotiation shall inure on the one hand to the employer or the employers...
Page 50 - ... members shall apply both to the affiliated associations and to their members. 14. If a collective contract provides that negotiations shall take place between the parties or between the associations to which they belong for the settlement of disputes respecting the contract, the Labor Court shall not examine the case until such negotiations have taken place, unless it appears from the circumstances that the negotiations have been stopped by obstacles for which the plaintiff is not responsible....