Sweden’s postal operators have averted a nationwide postal strike starting today that wasexpected to disrupt domestic and international post and parcel operations, thanks to successful
last-minute talks last night between union and management representatives.A PostNord spokeswoman told CEP-Research today that negotiations yesterday between Sweden’sservice and communications union Seko and employer representative organisation Almega had reached acompromise solution, assisted by Sweden’s Mediation Institute.
“There was an agreement yesterday and all the strikes have been cancelled,” she explained. “Itis business as usual.”
Seko last week announced planned industrial action from midday today unless an acceptable newcollective agreement on pay and conditions was delivered for workers across Sweden’s postal sector.It had called for stoppages by the union’s 2,200 members at PostNord’s Swedish Post businesses –Posten AB, Posten Meddelande AB and PostNord Logistics AB – and also at Post Norge’s Swedish postaloperation Bring Citymail.
Seko had rejected a pay offer for workers calculated as a percentage of their salary, callingfor a fixed-fee increase for all staff.
The PostNord spokeswoman told CEP-Research that the settlement last night covered the next threeyears and involved compromise from both sides. Regarding the issue of whether salary increaseswould be based on a fixed fee or a percentage, she said an agreement had been reached where someworkers would receive a fixed increase and others a percentage increase.
