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On Friday, negotiations on labor legislation between the social partners failed. LO said no to the proposal on the table, while the Confederation of Swedish Companies and PTK said yes.
After the collapse of the negotiations, the idea arose as to whether the government could go ahead with the proposal even though LO said no. Now the leader of V, Jonas Sjöstedt, closes that door.
– We can’t accept it. Then we withdrew our support for the government, says Jonas Sjöstedt.
He emphasizes that legislation covering all employees in Sweden must be supported by all parties involved.
– We cannot imagine that they impose on LO something to which they just said no, says Jonas Sjöstedt.
The V-leader’s message means that the threat of mistrust in Prime Minister Stefan Löfven persists. V demands that the government not implement proposals that undermine job security and that the investigation into a change in labor laws be withdrawn.
The investigation is now under consultation and responses should be ready by October 26. Subsequently, the responses to the consultation will be compiled in the Government Offices, which will be ready in mid-November.
According to Jonas Sjöstedt the question must be decided in the near future.
– We will not act until they have gone through the answers of the query. But then the government must put a firm footing. We cannot accept that the government takes months on this, says Jonas Sjöstedt.
The Left Party will not have time to realize its threat of mistrust before Jonas Sjöstedt hands over the party leadership to Nooshi Dadgostar on October 31.
– But the attitude of the Left Party does not change just because we make personal changes in the party leadership, says Jonas Sjöstedt.
Prime Minister Stefan Löfven (S) urges everyone involved to take it easy and hopes that the government’s continued talks with LO, PTK and the Confederation of Swedish Business will pay off.
– We want a dialogue with the three main organizations on how we should take this further. I would advise everyone not to lock up too early, says Stefan Löfven.
He emphasizes that the three organizations will meet with Labor Minister Eva Nordmark (S) during the week and then referrals will be discussed.
– Then we will draw conclusions, says Stefan Löfven.
When negotiations broke down on Friday, Stefan Löfven commented that the government’s starting point is that a change in labor law must be supported by all parts of the labor market.
– We work from the outside to achieve the broadest possible solution. Now I want to wait for the advisory bodies and make an analysis of what two of the three parties have agreed. So we have to go from there, says Stefan Löfven.
According to Eva Nordmark, the government, based on the responses to the consultation, will produce proposals together with the cooperation parties C and L that work for both companies and employees.
– I note that both PTK and the Confederation of Swedish Companies have published the results of their negotiations and that both parties state that they now need time to analyze the new situation that has arisen. This week I will meet with each of the parties to find out the situation in their negotiations and form an opinion on how PTK and the Confederation of Swedish Companies view their agreement, he says.
