Thomas Baudin new chairman of the Municipal – Aftonbladet

Ailing Municipal chosen Tobias Baudin, 41, as the new chairman for Annelie Nordström.

The Nomination Committee had proposed Berit Müller Power – but was overshadowed by Congress delegates.

– I’m going to focus hard on recruiting back those members we have lost, says Tobias Baudin.

After Aftonbladet revelations about scandals and discursive representation the Municipal Workers’ Union announced Chairman Annelie Nordström that she would not seek re-election.

at the Congress currently underway in Stockholm was chosen because a new president on Wednesday afternoon. After the 204 delegates told her it was clear that LO’s outgoing Vice Chairman Tobias Baudin received the most votes: 118 pieces.

“Focusing hard”

Afterward, he told a news conference to the great work now will be to build confidence in the Municipal, which lost thousands of members by scandals.

– I’m going to focus hard on recruiting back those members we have lost and that we become a covenant that increase again. As we increase again, we will take up more space in the public debate, you will hear and see more of Municipal. I also hope that we can continue to negotiate good wages Municipal made in the most recent wage negotiations, but also improve other conditions.

Tobias Baudin was also clear that it will take time before confidence is fully back.

– What we know is that it takes a very long time to build up confidence and it goes very quickly to destroy it. Now I build this trust again and do everything I can. When we see that we are a union where members can feel a security that fee goes to union activities and that we win the battles in the workplace, then I am absolutely convinced that members will return.

Want to see more changes in union

He says that several things within the union must be changed immediately so that there will be no scandals in the future.

– We must continue the work of the current management has started, to create more orderliness, clearer guidelines and policies. You must create a structure around it there so that it is followed, it will not happen again that someone else at a higher level and make their own exceptions to the guidelines that are, he says.

The facklig- policy interaction with the Social will continue. But Baudin says he will not be any cheerleaders to party.

– There is only one reason that we have union-political cooperation with S. It is for it to benefit the MWU members and I will do everything I can and act blowtorch on Stefan Löfven and Social Democrats and ensure that trade union-political cooperation favors just our members who toil there.

the Nomination Committee’s proposals Berit Müller Power, 58, head of the Municipal, received 86 votes.

the Congress has previously decided not to grant discharge for Annelie Nordström, who now retires as chairman.

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