The strike lasted for 3 weeks, during which Veolia Transport and SEKO (services and communication union) fought over a certain view of appeal to temporary contracts and the risks of social dumping. The conflict led to an agreement between the two parties but also boosted several other agreements in the sector, including a general agreement between the ST (public sector), SEKO, Saco-TJ (college graduates) unions and the Almega employers’ organization (private sector firms) in order to protect Sweden’s social improvements from the arrival of new operators.
End-of-dispute agreement between Seko and Veolia, or how to make permanent contracts more appealing. The deal signed on June 18 with Almega as an intermediary led to the end of the strike started 3 weeks before (see article No. 8410). It is designed to complete the existing agreement on recruitment conditions in the area of rail traffic, running between April 1, 2013 and March 31, 2016 (see article No. 130492). With this new agreement, SEKO wants to keep Veolia and other businesses to have a fi
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