the Swedish municipal workers ‘ Union chair Tobias Baudin has given the news that the union draws up its financial support to the social democrats. The three million people who can the union use the better, ” says Baudin in a debate article in Aftonbladet.
the Cooperation with the social democrats in the trade union-political issues goes far back, and according to Tobias Baudin will continue.
in Today’s Arena is the Union’s plan to start a fund that will finance training for members of the league who want to engage politically – in particular the social democrats.
” We want to get more kommunalare that takes place in politics, for example, in its city council. It is so we have a policy that benefits our members, ” says Tobias Baudin to Today’s Arena.
Of LO’s 14 unions, it is today a total of three of them who renounce their own contribution to the party. LO provides a total of six million kronor LO in party support to the social democrats.
per member and year in the contribution to S, which corresponds to a total of sek 1.8 million. Thus is the trade unions that provides the second highest in support for the party – after just Municipal.
”It has been up for discussion for a long time”, says IF Metall federal chairman Marie Nilsson on partistödet to the social democrats. Photo: Marc Femenia
According to president Marie Nilsson will not IF the Metal to withdraw his party support to the social democrats because of the Union’s decision.
– the Issue of party funding is a fundamentally important issue. It has been up for discussion a long time, most recently at our congress in 2017. This is something that is under constant review with us, and also of the other unions, ” she says.
she believes partistödet will continue to be discussed within the alliance in the future.
” We’ll discuss this in the context of our party conference which takes next year. This is a really important topic that needs to be discussed widely.
Ulf Bjereld, professor of political science at Göteborg university and chairman of the social democrats for faith and solidarity. Photo: Adam Ihse/TT
Ulf Bjereld, P-marked, a professor of political science at Gothenburg university, does not believe that the news came unexpectedly.
– the Decision mainly depends on two things. First, that the social democrats weakened that party over time, and thus do not have the same political weight within the Swedish party system. And partly due to increasing proportion of LO members vote for other political parties than the S, ” he says.
to januariavtalet can be a factor to consider in this context.
” I don’t think it has affected the Union’s decision. But I think that it is perceived as provocative by many of the covenants. You simply start to ask themselves the question whether it is beneficial to pay to the Socialists, ” says Ulf Bjereld.
