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But a ticking bomb is disarmed and employees should be happy
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LO is now rocked by a historical gap. The two largest unions break the united front and sign the controversial Las agreement.
The role of LO president Susanna Gideonsson is thus threatened.
It’s about the employment protection law, Las, an explosive issue that nearly toppled the government earlier this fall and now divides the largest central union organization, LO, with nearly 1.5 million members.
A couple of months ago, LO said no to the deal they made negotiated together with private PTK employees with employers from the Swedish Business Confederation about the new Las rules.
It was all a shame, explained LO president Susanna Gideonsson, who claimed that a united LO was behind the position.
But now LO’s two biggest unions, Kommunal and IF Metall, are writing with half of LO’s professional members behind them, yes. However, to a partially modified agreement than the one on the table last fall.
LO has been rocked by disagreements before. But this is one historically deep gap that not only damages the authority of LO. But also the position of President Gideonsson. They have not accomplished their most important task, to keep LO together on an issue that they themselves have described as one of the most important in the job market at this time.
It is a defeat for the entire organization, but especially for the president himself.
What that means for the future is impossible to say except which is probably good for the employees and also for the LO members.
Many of the extensive negotiations on everything from pensions to insurance to wages that are negotiated between the social partners are based on the central organizations, such as LO and the Confederation of Swedish Companies, which hold their affiliates together. Otherwise, it would be like playing three-dimensional chess. And then not much is done.
The new agreement thus covers Kommunal, IF Metall and PTK and the employers of the Confederation of Swedish Companies. It differs in some important points from what LO said not before.
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It is clearer what applies to the right to higher education that employees should have. Three semesters after eight years of employment with 80 percent of salary. The parties have thought that the state should pay.
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General fixed-term employment is renamed special fixed-term employment. It will entitle you to permanent employment after one year. Previously, the time limit was six months later.
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The so-called planning, to reduce working hours, and therefore the salary of employees, becomes more difficult. It must be done in accordance with the rules of priority and with an adjunct of between one and three months.
Prime Minister Stefan Löfven (S) called the agreement both historic and hopeful.
He hoped, like the organizations that signed the agreement, that more unions would join. He stressed that not everyone was part of the historic Saltsjöbad agreement in 1938 either. Gradually they agreed.
The new agreement will form the basis for a change of Las-lagen. This is what the government, the Center Party and the Liberals say, which according to the January agreement between them will modernize Las so that it also works in the current labor market.
– The biggest change in modern times, said Labor Minister Eva Nordmark (S).
Earlier this fall, changes in Las were on the verge of ready for the government crisis. The Left Party threatened to overthrow the government and received support in its demand from M, KD and SD. Most were thus prepared to overthrow the government.
But the Cowardly Left Party lobbied for a decision to request a vote of no confidence on Stefan Löfven and the future of the government, a vote Löfven would have lost.
In the end, Jonas Sjöstedt managed to resign as V-leader and that the whole flowed, as it were, to the sand. V demands that a state investigation into Las be thrown away, which has yet to happen. But many of the proposals it contains, perhaps most, will not be implemented.
An extremely infected question now generally can finally be added to documents. What remains is a lot of complicated legislation that will cover both public and private employees.
Therefore, what also remains is the question of the future of LO. The trade unions formed the Social Democrats to gain political power. They are now deeply divided and therefore weakened. It is likely that this matter will continue as well.
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