Municipal unions signs agreement covering technical workers
6 January 2012
The Kommunal local government union has signed a new collective agreement with the EIO employers’ organisation. The agreement will cover workers employed by EIO companies that provide technical and property services to local and regional authorities. The agreement provides for adult rates of pay at the age of 18 with a minimum pay rate of SEK 16600 (€1875) a month rising to SEK 18000 (€2030) in the second year plus any negotiated increase. The agreement includes details on skills development, linking skill levels to pay.
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Collective bargaining claim focuses on Improved conditions for young and temporary workers
6 January 2012
The Vision white-collar union has submitted its pay and conditions claim to the KFS employers’ organisation. The claim covers Vision’s 7400 members who work for private companies providing services in local government, energy and water. As well as a general pay increase the union is calling for temporary workers to get permanent contracts if they have been on temporary contracts for two years. It also wants employees to have more control over their working time as well as additional leave for those with only 25 days’ leave.
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Unions submit claim for 2012
21 December 2011
The Vision and SSR white-collar and graduates trade unions have set out their key demands in the forthcoming negotiations that cover 140,000 workers in local and regional government. They are looking for increases in real wages for all members with a minimum outcome of 3.6%; measures to address the structural differences in pay between female and male-dominated occupations; better conditions and greater security for temporary workers; improved conditions for young academics, including more holidays for all aged under 40 years.
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Report reveals failure of rehabilitation at work
9 December 2011
The Kommunal local government union has published a report exposing the poor performance of employers in the sector when it comes to rehabilitation. According to the survey only one in 10 workers return to work after injury thanks to rehabilitation services provided by employers and only 15% of employers adapt work for workers. Kommunal believes that there should be sanctions applied against employers who fail to provide adequate rehabilitation services. It also argues that there should be changes to health and unemployment insurance to support workers while off sick.
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Report reveals reality of temporary employment in local government
21 October 2011
A report by the Kommunal municipal union provides evidence about the nature of temporary employment in local government, with temporary workers being paid on average 12% less than those on permanent contracts. It also reveals that temporary workers are not predominantly young, with an average age of 35. Around 75% of temporary workers are women and seven in 10 would prefer to be in permanent employment.
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Local government challenges Mediation Office’s narrow view on wages
7 October 2011
The Kommunal municipal trade union has criticized the National Mediation Office for its narrow view of the scope for pay bargaining and failure to acknowledge the need for action to close the gender pay gap. The union agrees that wage developments should take into account the pressures facing the manufacturing and export industries but that there has to be scope for some flexibility otherwise the lower paying sectors that are dominated by women workers will never catch up with other sectors and the gender pay gap will never be closed.
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Municipal union argues for larger equal pay pot
14 September 2011
The Kommunal municipal union was disappointed by the decision of three other unions in the LO confederation not to support a larger element allocated to equal pay in forthcoming negotiations. The general aim is for a pay increase of 3.5% with a minimum increase of 850 Skr (€94) a month. Kommunal also wants an extra 100 Skr (€11) to go to workers where the average wage is less than 22400 Skr (€2434) a month. Kommunal argues that it is unfair for workers in social care to get on average 2600 Skr (€282) less a month than workers in manufacturing, questioning why there is more value put on making a car than caring for old people.
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Report exposes high pay increases for heads of municipal and regional authorities
22 June 2011
A report by the Kommunal municipal union looks at pay developments over a 10-year period and finds that managers in local authorities have seen their pay increase by 51% while directors of county (regional) authorities have received increases totalling 80%. In contrast, the average increase for workers has been 41%. If workers had had the same in increase as local managers then they would now be Skr1400 (€153) a month better off or Skr5700 (€623) better off if they had had the county directors’ increase. The union also found that the directors of private health companies earn on average 13 times the level of salary of their employees.
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Union signs whistleblowing agreement with private health company
2 June 2011
The SKTF white-collar union has signed an agreement with the Capio healthcare company giving employees the right to speak out about abuses within the company without fear of being exposed or intimidated. Public sector employees already have this right but with the spread of outsourcing SKTF sees it as very important to secure the same rights for private sector employees and hopes that other companies will follow suit.
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Union again defends pay in local government
19 May 2011
Having already responded to government projections for future pay increases, municipal union Kommunal has now criticised finance minister Anders Borg for saying that starting salaries in local government are too high. General secretary Annelie Nordström said it was hard to believe that anyone could say a gross salary of SEK 16070 (€1788) was too high and furthermore, with so many women workers on part-time hours, many were earning much less than this.
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