Hello Bj”rn,

 LL>> OTOH, Sweden also has no minimum wage ...

 BF>    That's true. Here it's voluntary. Unions set the "entry level" wages by
 BF> collective agreements with the employers, and the employee is free to join
 BF> a union or not. Usually they do join (90% do).  8-)

 BF>    Those collective agreements sets not only the entry level wages but all
 BF> kinds of benefits and duties. The entry level wages depends on a lot of
 BF> various factors such as branch, education, previous experience and so on,
 BF> so there's no fixed minimum wage -- it varies widely.

Various states (all in the South) solved that problem by passing
"right to work" laws, thus effectively doing away with unions and
collective agreements.

--Lee

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