Don't understand how any of this can be possible under the European economic framework. How can their free trade agreement allow this sort of race to the bottom and differential in labor rules and trade union practice? The rules must be written in a heavily anti-union manner.
Power is good until it is actually used. At that point, it loses its power. From that point of view, this may be the beginning of the end for these Swedish unions.
Much the opposite, just this week Klarna had to sign a collective bargaining agreement after unions threatened to strike, quite a first for a big tech company here.
The labour market in Sweden cannot exist without unions, the government does not meddle much in the market, it does not set even a minimum wage, it's all part of negotiations between employers and employees (represented by unions).
Unions are essential for the self-regulation of the labour market between its participants over here.
On the contrary, I think it works as a fantastic recruitment drive for these Swedish unions, the only people that are against are the ones that have a better deal already. But they seem to forget that if those unions wouldn't set a baseline they too would be in a race to the bottom.
Power is good until it is actually used. At that point, it loses its power. From that point of view, this may be the beginning of the end for these Swedish unions.