It is the same in Sweden. It is so funny every time an american company opens up offices here and then tries to do it the american way and all the unions go âI donât think soâ.
Like when Toys âr Us opened in sweden 1995.
They refused to sign on to the union deals that govern such things as pay/pension and vacation in Sweden. Most of our rights are not mandated by law (we donât have a minimum wage for example) but are made in voluntary agreements between the unions and the companies.
But they refused, saying that they had never negotiated with any unions anywhere else in the world and werenât planning to do it in Sweden either.Â
Of course a lot of people thought it was useless fighting against an international giant, but Handels (the store workerâs union) said that they could not budge, because that might mean that the whole Swedish model might crumble. So they went on strike in the three stores that the company had opened so far.
Cue a shitstorm from the press, and from right wing politicians. But the members were all for it, and other unions started doing sympathy actions. The teamsters refused to deliver goods to their stores, the financial unions blockaded all economical transactions regarding Toys âr Us and the strike got strong international support as well, especially in the US.
In the end, Toys âr Us caved in, signed the union deal, and thus their employees got the same treatment as Swedish store workers everywhere.
The right to be treated as bloody human beings and not disposable cogs in a machine.
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