Overtime ban announced in Sweden
March 23 2010 The Swedish paper workers' union, Pappers, has given notice of boycott measures to the employers' representatives, the Swedish Forest Industries Federation.
Pappers and Skogsindustrierna, the Swedish Forest Industries Federation, are currently negotiating a new collective agreement for the pulp and paper industry in the country. Friday afternoon last week Pappers gave a notice of boycott measures to Skogsindustrierna.The notice mainly consist of an overtime ban at all pulp and paper mills in Sweden. The overtime ban will come into effect on April 5, if no agreement between Pappers and Skogsindustrierna has been reached until then.The negotiations between the two parties have been going on since the middle of December last year. The present collective agreement ends March 31.