Procurement responsibility

The plan makes explicit demands on public procurement and sees publicly owned operations' purchasing as a tool to drive change also in private companies. Tightened supplier controls at state companies are precisely that tool used against wage dumping and exploitation in the transport sector. The plan also wants to close the space that exists to exploit people's vulnerable position.

• requirements in public procurementdecisive»Vänsterpartiet ställer krav på kollektivavtal vid offentliga upphandlingar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Left Party requires collective agreements in public procurement.”
• state companies as example»Gemensamt ägda verksamheter kan användas för att driva förändring också i privata företag.« (party programme ↗)“Publicly owned operations can be used to drive change also in private companies.”
• stop wage dumping»Lönedumpning, ekonomisk brottslighet och utnyttjande är centrala hot idag.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Wage dumping, economic crime, and exploitation are central threats today.”
• stop exploitation of vulnerable people»Vi vill täppa till det utrymme som finns idag att exploatera människors utsatta ställning.« (party programme ↗)“We want to close the space that exists today to exploit people's vulnerable position.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The election manifesto explicitly states that public employers and procurement bodies shall be models for promoting healthy competition and that labor crime should not exist on the Swedish labor market. State-owned companies controlling their transport suppliers is precisely such exemplary procurement. The plan therefore supports the counter-proposal's demands in substance.

• public procurement bodies as modelsdecisive»Arbetslivs kriminalitet ska inte finnas på svensk arbetsmarknad och offentliga arbetsgivare och upphandlare ska vara föredömen i att verka för en sund konkurrens.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Labor crime should not exist on the Swedish labor market and public employers and procurement bodies should be models for promoting healthy competition.”
• no competition through rule-breaking»Det ska aldrig löna sig att begå brott eller skaffa sig konkurrensfördelar genom att försumma de anställdas rätt till en trygg arbetsmiljö.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It should never pay to commit crime or gain competitive advantage by neglecting employees' right to a safe working environment.”
• prevent social dumping»förhindrar social dumping« (party programme ↗)“prevents social dumping”
• strong labor law»arbetsrättslig lagstiftning behövs som skydd för de anställda.« (party programme ↗)“labor law legislation is needed as protection for employees.”

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The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The plan requires that state ownership be used actively and that procurements set requirements for social conditions and working environment. Controls of suppliers in state-owned companies' transport procurements are a direct application of this, and the party also wants to make it difficult and costly to conduct operations with broken rules. The plan therefore supports the counter-proposal's requirement.

• active state ownershipdecisive»delägare ska ägarskapet vara aktivt och inflytandet« (party programme ↗)“part-owner the ownership shall be active and the influence”
• social requirements in procurement»krav ställas vad gäller miljö, sociala villkor samt« (party programme ↗)“requirements be set regarding environment, social conditions and”
• make unlawful operations more difficult»Det ska vara dyrt, jobbigt och svårt att vara kriminell.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It shall be costly, troublesome and difficult to be criminal.”
• protect the Swedish model»Vi värnar den svenska modellen där arbetsmarknadens parter gemensamt förhandlar fram vad som« (party programme ↗)“We protect the Swedish model where labour market parties jointly negotiate what”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan requires action against crime directed at businesses and that the business sector gets competition-neutral regulations with predictable rules of the game. The counter-proposal wants state companies to better control their transport suppliers, because unauthorized cabotage traffic distorts competition against legitimate hauliers. The requirement thus lies close to the plan's commitment to equal conditions, even though plan documents do not treat procurement of transport services directly.

• action against crime against businessesdecisive»krafttag mot brott emot företag« (2022 manifesto ↗)“action against crime against businesses”
• competition-neutral regulations»Viktigt är också att näringslivet får konkurrensneutrala regelverk« (party programme ↗)“It is also important that the business sector gets competition-neutral regulations”
• predictable rules of the game»Ekonomin ska ha givna och förutsägbara spelregler« (party programme ↗)“The economy shall have given and predictable rules of the game”

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The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan requires that public procurement ensures equal treatment and stimulates competition and that laws and regulations safeguard competition on equal terms; unauthorized cabotage traffic distorts both. The party programme furthermore sets special requirements on state-owned companies' business relations and wants to prevent undeclared work. Better supplier controls in state-owned companies' transport procurement thus follows the plan's line.

• equal treatment in procurementdecisive»som ger skattebetalarna låga kostnader, hög kvalitet, säkrar likabehandling och stimulerar« (party programme ↗)“that gives taxpayers low costs, high quality, ensures equal treatment and stimulates”
• competition on equal terms»slå vakt om äganderätt, konkurrens på lika villkor, rättssäkerhet och att enskilda människor har« (party programme ↗)“safeguard ownership, competition on equal terms, legal certainty and that individual people have”
• requirements on state companies»staten ska det finnas kriterier gällande affärsrelationer med odemokratiska regimer.« (party programme ↗)“the state there should be criteria regarding business relations with undemocratic regimes.”
• prevent undeclared work»systemet för arbetskraftsinvandring inte ska missbrukas för till exempel svartjobb.« (party programme ↗)“the system for labour migration should not be abused for, for example, undeclared work.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan establishes that all crimes shall be prosecuted without exception and that the state shall monitor that legislation and good ethics are upheld in the market. That state-owned companies better control their transport providers follows directly from this and from opposition to unfair competition. The plan does not mention cabotage, therefore the position is derived.

• all crimes shall be prosecuteddecisive»Alla brott ska effektivt och utan undantag beivras« (party programme ↗)“All crimes shall be effectively prosecuted without exception”
• against unfair competition»effektiv konkurrenspolitik motverkar oligopol, monopol och illojal konkurrens« (party programme ↗)“effective competition policy counters oligopolies, monopolies and unfair competition”
• the state monitors good ethics»Statens roll i näringspolitiken är att övervaka att« (party programme ↗)“The state's role in economic policy is to monitor that [legislation and good ethics are upheld]”
• integrity as a social value»främja goda värden som medmänsklighet ansvarstagande, förvaltarskap, hederlighet, måttfullhet och jämställdhet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“promote good values such as compassion, responsibility, stewardship, integrity, moderation and equality”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan does not address buyer responsibility or procurement controls in state-owned companies. The closest commitments point away from new unconditional control requirements: red tape and company administration should be significantly reduced, and illicit trafficking and smuggling should be met with stronger customs and control authorities rather than new demands in the procurement process. The plan therefore rejects the demand.

• reduced red tapedecisive»Ta bort en tredjedel av företagens administrationskostnader och en tredjedel av regelkrånglet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Remove a third of companies' administrative costs and a third of red tape”
• control through customs»Stärka tullen med mer resurser och kraftfulla befogenheter för att stoppa stöldligor och vapensmugglare« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strengthen customs with more resources and powerful authority to stop theft rings and weapons smugglers”
• the state's role in the economy»skydda penningvärdet, främja konkurrensen« (party programme ↗)“protect the value of money, promote competition”

The plan demands zero tolerance for crime so that even minor violations are investigated and prosecuted, and that Swedish industry's competitiveness is prioritized. Repeated unauthorized cabotage transport in state-owned companies' transport chains is both a crime and unfair competition against Swedish transport companies, and the plan furthermore wants to stop cheap foreign labour being used in occupations that can be handled domestically. Tightened supplier controls in state-owned companies' transport procurement is therefore in line with the plan.

• zero tolerance for crimedecisive»Införa nolltolerans mot brott så att även mindre allvarliga brott utreds och lagförs« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Implement zero tolerance for crime so that even minor serious crimes are investigated and prosecuted”
• fair competition for Swedish companies»Prioritera svensk industri och konkurrenskraft« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Prioritize Swedish industry and competitiveness”
• domestic labour first»Stoppa arbetskraftsinvandring till yrken som kan tillgodoses av inhemsk arbetskraft« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stop labour immigration to occupations that can be met with domestic labour”
• protect serious entrepreneurs»Bekämpa brottslighet som drabbar företagare« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Combat crime that affects entrepreneurs”