The (New) Liberals want to increase the power of the employers' side. In a debate article in Aftonbladet , MP Christer Nylander (FP) questions the reasonableness of sympathy strikes. The background is that SEKO is protesting against Veolia's plans. Veolia wants to lay off and rehire staff on worse terms in order to finance a previous underbidding.
The bourgeoisie may cast a shadow over the people for a certain period of time, but in the end they always show their true colors:
"Veolia won the tender for Öresundstrafiken in 2011, with a bid that was just over 50 million kronor below the nearest competitor. Seko believes that this is likely the reason why Veolia now has to reduce its costs." (Source: Flamman )
It opens up a dangerous legal principle that companies take the right to finance undercutting by dismissing staff and then rehiring them with worse conditions. It threatens everyone's hope for fair working conditions and good pay. Such undercutting with accompanying deterioration also undermines the competitiveness of serious companies. How much power would SEKO have to influence Veolia without sympathetic measures from other unions? SEKO is just one union within LO, Veolia had a turnover of 3 billion SEK in 2012. A billion in turnover is the definition of a large company...
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