Effective boycott call. In the fall of 2009, the LO union confederation found out that 25 of its members weren’t covered by a collective agreement in the company where they worked, Ticket Rikskuponger AB. After the company refused to bargain, the confederation decided to call on its federations to stop buying meal tickets for its members. IF Metall followed in November, and then other unions such as TCO (largest union of executive and white-collar workers), and several partners. “We want employees working for our trade partners to be covered by a collective agreement” declared Ulf Sjodin, staff manager at IF Metall. “When there is no such agreement, there’s very little room for trade agreements with us.” Faced with this threat of a general boycott, the company decided not to persist because it already lost 400 users with IF Metall’s boycott alone, it recently announced the opening of talks with LO and decided to join the Almega employers’ organization. Meanwhile, Unionen, with 70 members at Ticket Rikskuponger, reopened the negotiations suspended in 2008.
ade partners to be covered by a collective agreement” declared Ulf Sjodin, staff manager at IF Metall. “When there is no such agreement, there’s very little room for trade agreements with us.” Faced with this threat of a general boycott, the company decided not to persist because it already lost 400 users with IF Metall’s boycott alone, it recently announced the opening of talks with LO and decided to join the Almega employers’ organization. Meanwhile, Unionen, with 70 members at Ticket Rikskup
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