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The new agreement between Kommunal and the Swedish Municipalities and Regions (SKR) and Sobona is for four years. It applies from November 1, 2020 to March 31, 2024 and covers approximately 400,000 employees in health care, school and care.
The agreement follows the so-called “framework” established by the parties in the industry and provides wage increases of 5.4 percent for the first three years. For the last year, there is no figure, where the salary space must be determined by the central parties, according to Kommunal.
There will also be an additional investment in people with professional training with salary increases of 0.6% per year. In addition to this, the new central agreement entails conditional improvements in terms of vacations and working hours.
Kommunal union president Tobias Baudin is satisfied with the new agreement.
– This is a really good collective agreement that we have managed to negotiate. This is a victory for the Kommunal members, he says.
Swedish Municipalities and Regions (SKR) emphasizes the value of a long agreement period.
– From the point of view of the employer, it is positive that we achieve a long agreement that extends to four years. It provides important planning conditions for municipalities, regions and municipal companies to have long-term planning and development of care activities, says Ulf Olsson (S), vice president of the SKR negotiating delegation.
However, as with the industrial agreement, there will be no retroactive pay increases starting April 1. On the other hand, Kommunal and SKR agreed on a lump sum of SEK 5,500 for all employees in the agreement area. The idea is that the money is paid in December.
SKR and Sobona have also agreed a new four-year agreement with, among others, Vision, Akademikerförbundet SSR and Ledarna. The agreement does not have centrally established figures; however, they will be retroactive salaries since the salary revision will be applied as of April 1 of this year.
The issue of retroactive pay increases has been a requirement of the Swedish Medical Association. The president, Heidi Stensmyren, tells Läkartidningen that this requirement is still valid.
– For our part, it is important that this period is resolved during the pandemic. The retroactive part must be resolved. We support that. Our members shouldn’t be concentrating on this, he says.
The Swedish Medical Association is currently negotiating with SKR, but according to Heidi Stensmyren, the parties are far apart so far.
– The issue of salary is the big problem.
What happens now? Can you expect a message tomorrow?
– As it looks now, we do not plan to finish tomorrow. We are still negotiating and will continue to look for different solutions until we believe we have a good enough agreement.
Lakartidningen.se
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