Both parties are satisfied with the new building contract – Law & Contracts

strike over. Late last night came Construction and the Swedish Construction Federation agreed on a new contract.
We have with this Agreement received low wages, working hours, which also promotes equality, clear mandates for our union representatives and we have received increased salaries, says Torbjörn Hagelin, Building contracts secretary in a statement on the union’s website.

     Torbjörn Hagelin, Building contracts secretarial. Photo: TT Image
     

Even the union’s president Johan Lindholm are satisfied with the outcome of negotiations.

We went into this bargaining round with 31 essential requirements for a modern construction industry. We took the battle to women, newcomers and apprentices will get jobs in the industry. And we demanded more organized. Now we have taken a big step forward, says Johan Lindholm, General Chairman in a press release.

He points out that the building was among the first to regret that LO coordination burst. He believes that building managed to push up wage levels and ensured that it became a joint and several low wages. He believes that the building had difficulty getting a hearing for their claims because employers increasingly subject to payroll systems.

But we are proud to we did not give us. We want to have influence and we want together with construction companies to help develop the industry. Now we have come a long way toward a more modern building contracts, concludes Johan Lindholm on the union’s website.

Even the counterparty Swedish Construction Federation’s satisfied with the agreement. Swedish Construction Federation says that it is good to building management now “taken responsibility” so that there could be an agreement. Agreement Building and the Swedish Construction Federation agreed is 13 months. Contract value is 2.2 percent at 12 months, and listed on 2:38 per cent in 13 months, according Svergies Construction Industries, which also notes that the construction contract adheres to industry wage norm.

– It is good to building management now taken its responsibility and that we have a new agreement. We have in this year’s wage received through the salary increase will not be higher than the industry. We have also agreed on a contract of 13 months so that the competitive industry in peace time to set the mark in 2017, says Ola Månsson, CEO of the Swedish Construction Federation.