Paint The strike is running – and morale high – Expressen

Now paint the strike in time – and morale is high.

– Are we to strike a long time, says Linda Li Käld, ombudsman at the Painters’ Union.

on Friday at 5 265 painters went on strike. The painters stopped work at 35 workplaces around Sweden and the four companies had to completely shut down the business.

Yesterday wrecked the negotiations after the Painters ‘Union declined mediators bid, which, however, the employers’ side of Painting Companies agreed.

This year’s wage negotiations have thus suffered his first major conflict.

at the Central Station in Stockholm was on Friday Linda Li Käld, 36, ombudsman for painting covenant with Tulyagan Keldiev, 54, painter .

– It is of course sad. There is nothing that anyone wants, having to strike, but it was a necessary evil because we did not agree on a contract right now, says Linda Li Käld

Linda Li Käld methods covenant

she thinks Painters’ Union did the right thing did not agree to the mediators bid.

– There is so much more than the commandment came, she says, pointing, among other things, on what has become the contentious issue: chord, says Linda Li Käld.

– it’s a big part of our agreement, where one of the employers put a wedge right into the chord, and it is an important issue for us painters, she says.

another issue that engages Linda Li Käld is the so-called pregnant payment.

– There may be a female painter to be dismissed for redundancy during the time you are at home on pregnant money. And it is an important matter of course for the Painters’ Union. There is a gender issue, she said.

In the debate surrounding the strike, it first put forward accusations that the strike will be a test for the construction strike that is given notice and to be breaking out on Tuesday. Both the Painters’ Union and Building belonging to 6F, a collaboration between the different LO unions, and require 3.2 percent raise, significantly more than the 2.2 percent industry parties agreed last week.

– It is obvious that this is a sort of plan, says Mats Åkerlind, negotiator for the employers’ organization, the Swedish Construction Federation, to echo.

Business reported to the police union

From Örebro reports Nerikes Allehanda that erupted a dispute outside a painting in which two unorganized painter tried to enter a workplace where pickets were.

According to a statement, the two painters have been “pushed on”, while another task that was physically prevented to enter.

According to the newspaper, the company has now reported to the police union.