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> the Swedish labour model which is built by Unions and not the government That's not exactly true. It's a partnership between the government, the unions, and
by kwhitefoot 3y ago
> the Swedish labour model which is built by Unions and not the government
That's not exactly true. It's a partnership between the government, the unions, and the employers with the government usually taking the role of mediator.
"The Swedish model & collective agreements – a brief introduction
The Swedish labour market model in a nutshell
In the Swedish labour market model, the social partners
(trade unions and employers’ organisations) are responsible
for wage formation. The social partners also have a key role
in establishing other employment conditions in the labour
market.
The legislation constitutes a framework that supports this
model, for instance, through provisions on association and
negotiation rights and the right to take industrial action.
The social partners have significant autonomy to regulate
the precise conditions through collective agreements. Many
statutory regulations can be replaced with collective
agreements. There is no legislation on minimum wages or
universal application of agreements.
Another key feature of the Swedish model is that disputes
are resolved in the first instance through negotiation.
A prerequisite for the model is that collective agreements
cover most of the employees on the labour market"
https://www.mi.se/app/uploads/the-swedish-model-and-collective-agreements.pdf https://www.mi.se/app/uploads/the-swedish-model-and-collecti...
https://www.mi.se/english/about-us/ https://www.mi.se/english/about-us/
- eddtries 3y agoI still feel that text makes it clear the actual working conditions & rights etc are built up by the unions and not the governments? Fwiw I live in Sweden and am a member of its largest Union
- kwhitefoot 3y agoIt wouldn't be possible for unions to do it without the supporting framework provide by legislation.
- 3836293648 3y agoThat's just plain wrong. The model was created to avoid legislation and existed before any later legislation was written around it