Organising Tech in Sweden is a limited podcast series exploring union organising in Swedish tech companies. Join us as we sit down with some of the people involved in the campaigns to win collective bargaining rights at two of Sweden's tech unicorns, Klarna and Spotify.
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Organising Tech in Sweden is a limited podcast series exploring union organising in Swedish tech companies. Join us as we sit down with some of the people involved in the campaigns to win collective bargaining rights at two of Sweden's tech unicorns, Klarna and Spotify.
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October 23, 2025
Compensation
<p>Friend of the podcast and finance geek Kim Öberg is back on the show, this time to walk us through two common forms of non-salary compensation in Sweden: restricted stock units (RSUs) and qualified employee stock options (QESOs). Kim introduces the important terminology needed to understand equity compensation and highlights the risk factors that workers are often unaware of. By the end of this episode, you'll have a list of important questions to ask your employer, financial advisor, and union, and of course you'll be singing along with Kim: pensionable, pensionable, pensionable salary!</p><p>Be sure to subscribe to Kim's newsletter, <a href="https://newsletter.financialliteracy.se/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">newsletter.financialliteracy.se</a>, for more on these topics!</p><p>Chapters:<ul><li><b>01:00</b> - Introduction & Why This Matters</li><li><b>05:03</b> - Essential Terminology</li><li><b>10:30</b> - Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) Explained</li><li><b>11:09</b> - The Klarna RSU Story Begins</li><li><b>23:55</b> - When Values Plummet: The Tax Trap</li><li><b>39:05</b> - Stock Options & QESOs</li><li><b>55:03</b> - Understanding Risk: The Gambling Reality</li><li><b>1:04:53</b> - The Hidden Pension Impact</li><li><b>1:11:53</b> - Key Takeaways & Action Items</li></ul></p><p class="soundcljoud-hidden">To view full show notes, including transcripts, please visit the<a href="https://orgtech.se/episodes/ep10-compensation/">episode page</a>. Be sure to follow us on <a href="https://x.com/orgtech_se">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/orgtech-se.bsky.social">BlueSky</a>, and <a href="https://mastodon.social/@orgtech_se">Mastodon</a>!</p><p>Produced by Hakuna Matata Produktion</p><p>Cover art by <a href="https://anyakjordan.com/">Anya K. Jordan</a><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/anyakjordan.bsky.social">@anyakjordan.bsky.social</a></p><p>Theme music by <a href="https://soundcloud.com/ptzery">Ptzery</a></p>
November 30, 2024
Organizing for Freedom
Unionen negotiator Björn Larm shares insights from the five-year effort to sign a collective bargaining agreement with Apple Retail and introduces Unionen's new campaign, Frihet, empowering tech workers to organize for freedom.
October 31, 2024
Organizing for Power
<p>Our guest this week is none other than Ethan Earle, General Coordinator for Organizing for Power, a training program for organisers that Ethan co-founded in 2019 alongside legendary organiser Jane McAlevey (may she rest in power). O4P has trained more than 40,000 people from 1,800+ organisations in 115 countries over the 5 years of its existance on the core fundamentals of organising and how to win more and win better in the campaigns that matter most.</p><p>We recap the series and Ethan draws out vital lessons for organisers. We talk about what went wrong in the "shallow organising" campaigns of the 2000s and 2010s and what we've learned from them that has enabled recent victories like the United Auto Workers contract and the bright sparks of the Palestine solidarity movement. Ethan leaves us with a powerful call to action and an invitation to join the upcoming Organizing for Power Core Fundamentals training in February. Gather a group of 10 people, sign up, and let's start winning!</p><p><b>Show notes:</b><ul><li><a href="https://janemcalevey.com/">Jane McAlevey</a>, labour organiser and author of four books.</li><li><a https="https://www.organizingforpower.org/">Organizing for Power</a> is an online training programme for organizers worldwide. The next session of the Core Fundamentals course runs weekly from February 13th until March 20th, 2025. The registration deadline is February 2nd, 2025, and you need a group of 10 to join. <a href="https://bit.ly/O4P-CF-About-2024">Sign up here!</a></li><li>Follow Organizing for Power on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/o4p_global">@o4p_global</a></li><li><a href="https://mariamekaba.com/">Mariame Kaba</a></li><li>Vincent Bevins: "<a href="https://vincentbevins.com/book2/">If We Burn</a>"</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawn_Fain">Shawn Fain</a>, president of the United Auto Workers</li><li>Our conversation about how tech workers can resist AI will be published to this feed on November 21st.</li></ul></p><p class="soundcljoud-hidden">To view full show notes, including transcripts, please visit the<a href="https://orgtech.se/episodes/ep08-o4p/">episode page</a>. Be sure to follow us on <a href="https://x.com/orgtech_se">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/orgtech-se.bsky.social">BlueSky</a>, and <a href="https://mastodon.social/@orgtech_se">Mastodon</a>!</p><p>Produced by Hakuna Matata Produktion</p><p>Cover art by <a href="https://anyakjordan.com/">Anya K. Jordan</a><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/anyakjordan.bsky.social">@anyakjordan.bsky.social</a></p><p>Theme music by <a href="https://soundcloud.com/ptzery">Ptzery</a></p>
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