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Why does LO fail to reach an agreement?

Sweden's LO unions agree on the need to reduce working time but differ on how to achieve it. The article explains the distinction between a shorter standard workweek and other forms of working time reduction, and compares legislation with collective bargaining.

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23 Oct 2026
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Twelve minutes per patient: doctors on the medical assembly line

Short appointments, paperwork and staff shortages push doctors in Russia’s public clinics to work faster and longer. Healthcare union co-chair Andrey Konoval explains how work-to-rule action won time standards — and why protected working time still matters.

05 Oct 2026
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Regarding the disappearance of labor advocate Xiao Wu, a letter to Marx: The problem now is that the world is not changing us

Karl Marx: Hello. I’m writing to you because a young man named Xiao Wu has gone missing. Many people know Xiao Wu because of a WeChat public account called “Chiapas Dongfeng TV.” That account has been writing about the lives of workers for several years: food delivery riders, young office worker…

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