Local unions are satisfied by the opinion given by the CJEC's advocate general in the Laval case (see our story n°070548) - Laval is a Latvian building and civil engineering works company which was forced to stop all activity in Sweden after local unions proceeded to a boycotting. Except from the mention of the proportionality principle which, on the other hand, contented the kingdom's employers confederation. (Ref. 070462)
Swedish trade union organizations felt a certain relief when the conclusions of the court of justice of the European communities’ advocate general were read on May 23 (Ref. 070458). Even if they pretended that they did not believe it, they were afraid of an unfavorable opinion. The fact that the magistrate thought that unions from a member State can “force a service provider from another member State to subscribe to a wage level planned by a collective convention” reassured them. “This is good
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