The Local, May 13, 2008 Sweden's nurses announced plans on Tuesday to intensify their ongoing strike in a bid to secure higher wages. The decision to extend the industrial action was taken when the Swedish Association of Healthcare Professionals (Vårdförbundet) met for its annual congress on Tuesday. "The Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SALAR) has failed to react to our industrial action so far, which is why we are now forced to go further," Vårdförbundet's chaiwoman Anna-Karin Eklund told news agency TT. ... Nurses