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Job security should not be a political bat
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Nyamko Sabuni and Gulan Avci
The Liberals managed to raise some dust during yesterday’s budget discussion. Nyamko Sabuni party leader and labor market politician Gulan Avci got into the job security debate for a while and read.
The government had gone to bed, they claimed. Labor Minister Eva Nordmark did not respond at all.
Of course, none of that had to do with budget. However, it is about politics. Somehow a small party like the Liberals has to stand out if you want to make the news. This time, job security became the tool.
Known arguments
We will not accept the arguments against the proposal that researcher Gudmund Tojer presented earlier in the summer. You who follow the leadership side have already heard them. Let’s just say that the research proposal would seriously damage the balance of the labor market and that it is contrary to the January agreement.
Possibly we can add that the result would be a lifetime job for all of us.
On the other hand, the performance of the liberals on Monday may be an example of why the labor market should not be handed over to politicians. The risk is that it is exactly like that, the prestige and the search for attention triumph over the subject.
It is a bad order if everyone who knows anything about the job market agrees.
A long way to go
By the end of next week, unions and employers will have completed negotiations on the. Then the salary negotiations begin. Reports say that much remains to be done. It doesn’t have to be a bad sign.
Experienced negotiators are used to holding cards close to the body, and if the truth is to be told, the parties know where they are on this matter. If there is a will, it should still be possible to find an agreement.
And the will is there, at least if we are to believe what is said.
In the short term, you may wonder what employers can gain from a commitment. The investigation proposal exists and would grant managers all powers that have been requested of them.
The problem is that the future thus falls into the hands of politicians. Politicians like Nyamko Sabuni and Gulan Avci.
The risk that the issue of employment conditions and adjustment will continue to be a political battlefield should discourage all serious employers.
Hopefully that signal has reached the negotiating delegation of the Swedish Business Confederation.
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