Painter strike in Gothenburg – Gothenburg Post

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265 painters have gone on strike after negotiations between the Swedish Painters’ Union and Painting companies have foundered. Several companies in western Sweden are involved.

Negotiations between the Swedish Painters’ Union and Painting companies have failed and Friday morning was painting the union out on strike. With disagreements over salary levels and among different chords paydays system, negotiations have stalled.

– Painting The companies want to attack the piecework system, which is a large part of the painters ‘wages, says Ronny Johansson, chairman of the Swedish Painters’ Union of the West.

Painting Companies in Sweden says that it is a miscalculation.

– We want to keep the chord. But painting businesses today are forced to pay a fee for measuring the piecework system. But only 25 percent use the service. We want those who use the service should pay for it, says Björn Hellman CEO of Painting Companies in Sweden.

Ronny Johansson and the Swedish Painters’ Union believes that such a change erodes the system. It would be too costly for individual companies to make use of the piecework system, if not all paid the charge measurement. Now, a total of 265 painters gone on strike on around 40 companies across the country. In the West includes four companies: two in Vastra Frolunda, one in Landvetter and in Mölndal.

One of the companies is KP paintings that have been around 30 or so employees deployed on 15 workstations. Then at 05:00 am on Friday morning is the business completely still.

– The parties are very far apart, says Rolf Dahlin, supervisor at KP painting.

The requirements of the Swedish Painters’ Union is about: working hours, more wellness hours, the long travel times to be reviewed and that the right to pregnancy money will be strengthened. Proposal for a wage increase, the union has put on 3.2 percentage a completely unreasonable level, according Painting companies.

– We have had a huge increase in real wages because we followed the market’s benchmark of 2.2 percent. Now, the far over it, says Björn Hellman.

What are the prospects for the negotiations out?

– It looks very dark. We have no date scheduled for the negotiations and mediators have resigned. There is a risk of a prolonged strike.