the Conflict can be said to go back to 1972, when the Swedish Hamnarbetarförbundet was established in Härnösand. A number of Norrlandsavdelningar within the transport workers ‘union was dissatisfied with members’ influence and refused to go along with the changes pushed through by the förbundsledningen at the congress in 1969. Than today highlights Hamnarbetarförbundet that it is the issue of support, and direct democracy, which distinguishes them from the LO-covenant Transport, considering it to be a top-down organization.
the Carriage considers himself to represent 55 percent of the Swedish port workers. Hamnarbetarförbundet at its 14 chapters approximately 1 300 members, but are in the majority in some workplaces, for example, the container port in Gothenburg.
Simply put, in the right to sign a collective agreement. The Swedish model in the labour market means that only trade unions have the right to sign a collective agreement, in this case it is Transportation. It is, however, nothing to prevent an employer writes a so-called andraavtal with another tray, but it is in this case subordinate to the subscribed first, in this case, the Transport agreement with the employers ‘ association Swedish ports.
Yes, and it has stated that it does not require any conditions other than those that Transport has in their agreement. In contrast to the covenant continue to be entitled to sign local agreements, which consider that the legislation allows. According to Erik Helgeson, the association’s spokesman, wants the Swedish ports to Hamnarbetarförbundet shall waive this right, anything he sees as an attempt to curtail the rights of trade unions.
Hamnarbetarförbundet answer it lockoutvarsel the employer added. Especially serious, the federation believes to be that the employer is given notice of a lockout on the free day, which according to Erik Helgeson would mean half the payment for some of the members, despite the fact that the employee working full working hours.
the national mediation office has put forward two bids. They have both been accepted by the employer but rejected by the Hamnarbetarförbundet. Carina Gunnarsson, the institute’s director general, writes in a debate article in Göteborgs-Posten that although the commandments of Hamnarbetarförbundet been interpreted as limitations to rights, she sees them rather as an extension. She points out that the agreement, among other things, would give the right to safety, the strengthening of the right to negotiated for the members as well as the right to work trade union on working time.
they believe that You have been accommodating when given Hamnarbetarförbundet opportunity for a andraavtal, but Joakim Ärlund, vice president of ports of Sweden, and’s head of negotiations, has stated that Hamnarbetarförbundet can never get the right to usurp their members terms and conditions other than those applicable to other dock workers.
According to the union of over 1,000 members in about 20 terminals, and slightly fewer ports.
90 per cent of american trade goes through its ports, and a strike will have major consequences for exports and imports. Both small and large businesses suffer. According to a study from the Swedish business sector cost of conflict in the port of Gothenburg the business community $ 4.5 billion in 2017. Many companies are forced to put their transportation on the truck instead, which gives the impact on the environment. Becomes the conflict prolonged lowers the also the confidence of Swedish ports and, by extension, also for businesses. Both politicians and business representatives has described the strike as managed socially harmful.
It may be a small federation, but it has a lot of support. On Monday, the man received a million dollars in financial contributions since it launched the strike on February 27. It is about 4,000 individual deposits, according to the president of the union Eskil Rönér.
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