The decision of the Court of Justice of the European Communities concerning the case P Baltic Bygg and its parent company, the Latvian group Laval Partneri (see our article No. 071034), whose construction site for a school near Stockholm had been blocked to force the company to sign the Swedish building sector's collective agreements, reassures Swedish managers whereas unions are asking for a revision of the law on posted workers. (Ref. 071042)
After the Court of Justice’s decision which ruled that the Swedish building sector’s union, Byggnads, had hindered the free movement of services, the main employers’ organization, Svenskt Närinsliv, immediately organized a press conference to announce Laval’s victory, through its manager, Urban Bäckström. For employers, the order shows that, even though the right to strike is one of the European Union’s fundamental principles, its legal value does not override others. To conclude, it called for
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