Klarna Faces Strike Threat From Staff in Two Swedish Unions (1)

Payments firm Klarna Bank AB could soon face a strike at its Swedish headquarters if a collective bargaining agreement isn’t reached with two employee unions.

The Unionen and Swedish Engineering unions said their members will strike on Nov. 7 if they don’t achieve a deal with the buy-now-pay-later provider, according to a statement.

“Our hope is that we can come to an agreement before conflict breaks out,” said Martin Wastfelt from Unionen.

Sebastian Siemiatkowski, Klarna’s chief executive officer, said in a social media post that unionized employees had believed they could decide for themselves whether they wanted to ...