[font color="black" size="6" face="bold"]Sweden lifts shorts ban for male train drivers after they wear skirts in protest[/font]

Male staff on some of Stockholm’s commuter trains who wore skirts to work in protest have emerged victorious after their employer lifted a ban on wearing shorts, transport company Arriva said on Monday.

Around 15 male train drivers and other workers last week wore skirts on the suburban Roslagsbanan train service to circumvent the shorts ban, saying temperatures inside the carriages could reach 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit) on a sunny day.

“We received so many suggestions from our staff, and we listened to them and decided to change our minds on this issue,” Arriva spokesman Tomas Hedenius said.

“We’re talking to the union and looking at how to do this. Our aim is that they should receive the (uniform) shorts this summer,” he added.