Saturday, April 23, 2016

Labour Court stops pension strike – Today’s Trading

Media reports on what is known as a “unique judgment”.

The Labour Court went on Almega line: the planned strike was illegal. The reasoning is that the pension agreement ITP was not terminated and there is industrial peace.

– the Labour Court was informed that there is industrial peace on pensions was expected, and in line with the interpretation ALMEGA done by existing law. Complicated questions that pensions should be handled calmly and without the threat of strikes, says Almega CEO Anna-Karin Hatt .

The battle has been about more opportunities to flex pension where ALMEGA kept to.

the ability to de-escalation of working years before retirement have previously been entered in the trade agreements between industry, unions and employers.

– of course we are disappointed, especially located disappointment against ALMEGA who can not value their employees and give them as good terms and conditions for a good pension. What we must do now is to analyze the situation on how we can move forward, says Camilla Frankelius , Swedish Association of Graduate Engineers negotiator.

“Labour Court’s decision does not change the fact that flex pension is a important issue for the Union’s more than 105,000 members in ALMEGA. The decision does just that we do not get through the issue of flexible retirement right now. “Writes Union in a statement.

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