“Inacceptable”. Such is the reaction of a large section of the Kommunal (Municipality employees) union’s membership, following revelations in the Aftonbladet daily publication over extravagant spending at the union as well as over its real estate rental policy. More than 10,000 members (out of a total of 500,000) have already said they are quitting the union. This scandal may also tarnish the image of probity and independence of Stefan Löfven’s government; himself a former IF Metall (Metals) union president, whose own Minister for Foreign Affairs has been called into question.
On 13 January 2016 the daily publication Aftonbladet criticized, amongst other things, the holding of pornographic and drunken evenings, investment in a high class restaurant, free holidays for the Office members, but above all it criticized how the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Margot Wallström, was able to rent a union-owned property in the center of Stockholm, which, given the scarcity of properties, appears to be a ‘freebie’ and shocking. As a result almost 10,000 members (500,000 total mem
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