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Avtalsrörelsen

English translation: Collective Bargaining

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Swedish term or phrase:Avtalsrörelsen
English translation:Collective Bargaining
Entered by: Cecelia Murphy

00:05 Feb 26, 2009
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Human Resources
Swedish term or phrase: Avtalsrörelsen
Avtalsrörelsen 2007-2010 inom Polisen är en helhetslösning.

This is talking about the Swedish Police Service's "kollektivavtal" - but I can't find any translated information on what this exactly is referring to!
Cecelia Murphy
United States
Local time: 23:33
Collective Bargaining
Explanation:
"Negotiation between organized workers and their employer or employers to determine wages, hours, rules, and working conditions."
http://www.answers.com/topic/collective-bargaining

The Australian term is Enterprise Bargaining
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Anna Herbst
Australia
Local time: 14:33
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +1Collective Bargaining
Anna Herbst
4Wage agreement
Katarina Lindve


  

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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Collective Bargaining


Explanation:
"Negotiation between organized workers and their employer or employers to determine wages, hours, rules, and working conditions."
http://www.answers.com/topic/collective-bargaining

The Australian term is Enterprise Bargaining


    Reference: http://stats.oecd.org/glossary/detail.asp?ID=3553
Anna Herbst
Australia
Local time: 14:33
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 14

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agree  ohemulen
2 hrs
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Wage agreement


Explanation:
Avtalsrörelsen 2007-2010 inom Polisen är en helhetslösning.
The wage agreement for 2007-2010 for the Police force is considered a...
IATE uses collective agreement for "kollektivavtal" so agreement refering to kollektivavtalet makes sense.

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Note added at 13 hrs (2009-02-26 13:10:02 GMT)
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I think you will do best to go for collective agreement because as Frerik points out, that is the wider term. Avtalsrörelsen is the term for the negotiation in order to come to a collective agreement.

Example sentence(s):
  • Union settles wage agreement
  • A wage agreement can be established by both verbal and written evidence

    Reference: http://www.silobreaker.com/DocumentReader.aspx?Item=5_226205...
    Reference: http://www.twc.state.tx.us/news/efte/pay_agreements.html
Katarina Lindve
Sweden
Local time: 06:33
Native speaker of: Swedish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Fredrik Nowacki: But can't such negotiations comprise more than just those of wages?
2 hrs
  -> Yes, they agreements also negotiate working hours, working conditions but it is the wages you talk about as the rest can be tied to them as well
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