Tag: Social Dialogue
Mind the gap for a gender-equal future
Closing the gender pay gap and ensuring the principle of equal pay for work of equal value are essential steps toward achieving a gender-equal society. In our joint project, the NFS, the Friedrich-Ebert Stiftung (FES), and the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB) have published a report on how to achie...
World Day for Decent Work
Decent Work for Young People in the Nordics
The global pandemic has had a negative effect on the labour market and on the most vulnerable, younger generation and people the f u rthest from employment, in particular .The next generations on the labour market will likely be met with unfair disadvanta...
Trade Unions, Climate and Just Transition
Climate change requires more than change in consumption. It also requires us to transform production. Our economies are faced with a social, economic, and ecological transition we have rarely seen before, that leads to both risks and possibilities for our labour markets and workers. Together we in the Nord...
Project: The Road to a Carbon Free Society
Global warming is a challenge that knows no borders. Therefore, international cooperation will be a precondition for success. This is true for those of us who are active in the trade union movement too, as any globally negotiated climate policy will undoubtedly have consequences on the production of goods...
Global Deal
In 2016 we joined the Global Deal initiative, an initiative for tripartite cooperation focusing on social dialogue and inclusive growth, in the form of a partnership between governments, businesses, employer organisations, trade unions, civil society and other organisations. The purpose of the Global Deal...
Digitalisation
Throughout time, technological developments have led to old jobs changing or disappearing, while new ones have sprung up as general levels of productivity and growth have increased. However, the pace of change has never been as fast as it is today. New innovations and technologies are becoming...
Growth and competitiveness
We view the Nordic Model as a central and necessary starting point for growth and competitiveness in the Nordic region. For us, this model is a prerequisite for building strong and well functioning welfare states. The Nordic Model has demonstrated that it is possible to successfully combine economic growt...