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Stridsåtgärder och konkurrerande fackförbund i den svenska modellen - en studie om organisationstvister som mynnar ut i stridsåtgärder

Wikström, Denise LU (2018) HARH16 20172
Department of Business Law
Abstract
The aim of this essay is to seek understanding about why conflicts appear between trade unions regarding which one of them should sign the collective agreement in the workplace. The labour market parties are in general in an agreement that there should only be one applicable collective agreement in every area of work. The unique effects of the collective agreement make it crucial for the trade unions to be a part of it. The collective agreement dictates the standards of the Swedish labour market and legislation generally assumes that there is an applicable collective agreement between the counterparts. When conflicts arise because of the question which of the trade unions should sign the agreement, there are generally three parties... (More)
The aim of this essay is to seek understanding about why conflicts appear between trade unions regarding which one of them should sign the collective agreement in the workplace. The labour market parties are in general in an agreement that there should only be one applicable collective agreement in every area of work. The unique effects of the collective agreement make it crucial for the trade unions to be a part of it. The collective agreement dictates the standards of the Swedish labour market and legislation generally assumes that there is an applicable collective agreement between the counterparts. When conflicts arise because of the question which of the trade unions should sign the agreement, there are generally three parties involved: one employer and two trade unions. The conflict is then regarding which one of the trade unions that should have the right to organise and the right to the agreement. These types of conflicts can have their background in different factors. One of these factors can be contradictions in ideology between two competing trade unions which are particularly cumbersome to solve. The established organisations LO, TCO and Saco have principles of organisation that are guiding in which trade unions that should organise and sign the collective agreements in that area of work. Concrete tools to handle a conflict between an established trade union and a detached trade union are still missing though.

The essay describes the Swedish labour market and its organisational structures, how the trade unions have split the labour market into sections among themselves in order to sort out the right to organise workers and which one of them has the right to sign the collective agreement. Further, the Swedish labour market and the collective agreement as a central part in that model is discussed and also the meaning of the collective agreements for trade unions that are part of an agreement and those that are not. Finally, the essay examines the right to go on strike according to Swedish legislation and also the investigation that the government appointed regarding the aims of the trade unions right to strike against an employer that already has an applicable collective agreement with another trade union. (Less)
Abstract (Swedish)
Uppsatsen syftar till att söka förståelse till varför tvister mellan fackförbund om vem som ska teckna kollektivavtal uppstår. Arbetsmarknadernas parter är i allmänhet ense om att det som regel bör finnas ett kollektivavtal på varje avtalsområde. Kollektivavtalets speciella rättsverkningar gör det viktigt för fackförbunden att vara avtalspart i ett kollektivavtal. Kollektivavtalet sätter i stor utsträckning normerna för vad som ska gälla på arbetsmarknaden och lagstiftningen förutsätter ofta att det finns ett kollektivavtal mellan parterna. När konflikter uppstår på grund av frågan vem som ska teckna kollektivavtal och detta mynnar ut i stridsåtgärder mot arbetsgivaren, är i regel tre parter involverade: en arbetsgivare och två... (More)
Uppsatsen syftar till att söka förståelse till varför tvister mellan fackförbund om vem som ska teckna kollektivavtal uppstår. Arbetsmarknadernas parter är i allmänhet ense om att det som regel bör finnas ett kollektivavtal på varje avtalsområde. Kollektivavtalets speciella rättsverkningar gör det viktigt för fackförbunden att vara avtalspart i ett kollektivavtal. Kollektivavtalet sätter i stor utsträckning normerna för vad som ska gälla på arbetsmarknaden och lagstiftningen förutsätter ofta att det finns ett kollektivavtal mellan parterna. När konflikter uppstår på grund av frågan vem som ska teckna kollektivavtal och detta mynnar ut i stridsåtgärder mot arbetsgivaren, är i regel tre parter involverade: en arbetsgivare och två fackförbund. Konflikten gäller då vilken av fackförbunden som ska ha organisations- och avtalsrätten för det omstridda området. Dessa typer av konflikter kan ha sin bakgrund i flera olika faktorer. En av dessa faktorer kan vara ideologiska motsättningar mellan konkurrerande fackförbund, vilka är särskilt svåra att bemästra. De etablerade huvudorganisationerna LO, TCO och Saco har organisationsprinciper som är vägledande i fråga om vilket fackförbund som bör har organisations- och avtalsrätten för ett verksamhetsområde. Det saknas dock konkreta verktyg för att hantera konflikter som uppstår mellan ett fackförbund ur huvudorganisation och ett fristående fackförbund.

Uppsatsen behandlar organisationsstrukturen på arbetsmarknaden, hur fackföreningarna sinsemellan delat upp organisations- och avtalsrätten och vilka verktyg de har för att lösa konflikter sinsemellan. Vidare behandlas den svenska modellen och kollektivavtalet som central del i detta och dess betydelse för kollektivavtalsbundna fackföreningar och för fackföreningar utan kollektivavtal. Slutligen behandlas stridsåtgärder och utredningen som regeringen tillsatte med syfte att se över konfliktreglerna i situationer där en arbetsgivare blir utsatt för stridsåtgärder fastän arbetsgivaren redan har ett tillämpligt kollektivavtal med ett annat fackförbund för de omstridda arbetsuppgifterna. (Less)
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Wikström, Denise LU
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HARH16 20172
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M2 - Bachelor Degree
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Stridsåtgärder, stridsåtgärder mot kollektivavtalsbunden arbetsgivare, organisationstvister, konflikter på arbetsmarknaden, organisationsstruktur, konkurrerande fackförbund, kollektivavtal, den svenska modellen, kollektivavtalets betydelse för fackförbund, fackförbundens rätt att teckna kollektivavtal, fackförbundens organisations- och avtalsrätt
language
Swedish
id
8932502
date added to LUP
2018-01-19 13:35:29
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2018-01-19 13:35:29
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The essay describes the Swedish labour market and its organisational structures, how the trade unions have split the labour market into sections among themselves in order to sort out the right to organise workers and which one of them has the right to sign the collective agreement. Further, the Swedish labour market and the collective agreement as a central part in that model is discussed and also the meaning of the collective agreements for trade unions that are part of an agreement and those that are not. Finally, the essay examines the right to go on strike according to Swedish legislation and also the investigation that the government appointed regarding the aims of the trade unions right to strike against an employer that already has an applicable collective agreement with another trade union.}},
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  year         = {{2018}},
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