Associated Press, April 24, 2008 Stockholm - The wage dispute between Swedish nurses and their employers intensified on Thursday as 900 health care workers prepared to join the 2,500 already on strike. Union spokesman Tor Enqvist said the additional nurses would join the strike on Thursday and Friday and that 7,000 more could walk out of their jobs on May 7 if a settlement has not been reached with employers. The salary dispute follows similar labor conflicts in the Nordic region, where health care workers have fought to raise the status - and the pay - of their profession. ... Swedish