As a DN previously told have jointly been facing a major austerity requirements in 2019. The costs in several areas must be reduced, among other things, the rental charges and the expenditure for personnel.
major activities affected are the Stockholm public library. The future of the city’s library triggered already in the fall, a political battle, and the department’s resources are reduced by almost a million compared with the previous year. At the same time, you should follow the bets on the digitizing and extended opening hours.
If the libraries should pass the savings required now several changes, according to the stadsbibliotekarien Daniel Forsman.
– the Effect is that we will work with the general efficiency. The culture of management has announced a shift, and right now we are in a phase where it offers avtalspensionslösningar or severance pay. And then it will result in the number of our staff are probably decreasing. It seems likely that we are going to vakanshålla any of the services, ” says Daniel Forsman.
” We need to reduce our personnel costs.
– I hope it will be enough with the vacancies we have in the organization today and with the people who are biting on the deals. We will do everything we can to not have to end up in a position where we say up people due to shortage of work.
– I hope it will not affect the operations or the access to libraries for locals. But of course changes in the workforce effects. Therefore, we will in parallel with this review of our organisation and our working methods to become more efficient, ” says Daniel Forsman.
the Staff of the library shall, according to Daniel Forsman have been informed of the changes during the last week.
for the DN that the offer of pension benefits or severance pay applies to employees in all operations on the roof. Employees have the coming months to take a position if you want to take part of it.
– We can begin to see how many pacifiers as well as how many of us feel that we are prepared to refrain. This is not a right, but an offer, and there are many skills within the administration that we want to continue to be afraid about, ” says Robert Olsson.
speculate in any definite number for how many that may need to leave the activities within the cultural services.
” We’ve worked with a number of, but the goal is to try to reduce costs. We have high rents and big upprustningsprojekt. When we get cost increases so we must ask if our way of working, ” says Robert Olsson.
– the Starting point is, of course, we believe that we can maintain the same high quality for the citizens of Stockholm, both in year and forward. It is all the time the starting point.
the trade union DIK, writing in a statement to the DN:
”the culture of management in the city of Stockholm has in the budget that was put on by the new authorities of the city have greatly reduced appropriations. DIK considers that this is very regrettable, but has continually had a dialogue with the employer about what the consequences might be for our members. There is not a single action that is required, but a number of different ways to reduce costs will need to be tested. Negotiations on personalkonsekvenser going on right now, and we have a policy never to comment on ongoing cases.”
