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The plan explicitly demands that nationally agreed central collective agreements apply also to workforces provided through foreign contractors, which is precisely what the counter-proposal wants to achieve with toughened posting rules and the Mobility Package. The plan also establishes that Swedish collective agreements shall fully apply to everyone on the Swedish labour market and points to gig jobs as a source of insecurity.

• collective agreements for foreign contractorsdecisive»Vänsterpartiet arbetar för att nationellt träffade centrala kollektivavtal ska gälla även för arbetskraft som tillhandahålls genom utländska entreprenader, privata eller som enskilda bolag eller bemanningsföretag.« (party programme ↗)“The Left Party works for nationally agreed central collective agreements to also apply to workforces provided through foreign contractors, whether private or as individual companies or staffing agencies.”
• collective agreements for all»Svenska kollektivavtal ska fullt ut gälla för alla på svensk arbetsmarknad.« (party programme ↗)“Swedish collective agreements shall fully apply to everyone on the Swedish labour market.”
• against gig economy's insecurity»Otryggheten skapas genom tillfälliga anställningar, sms-jobb, gig-jobb, deltidsjobb och bemanningsjobb.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Insecurity is created through temporary employment, SMS jobs, gig jobs, part-time jobs and staffing jobs.”
• against wage dumping»Lönedumpning, ekonomisk brottslighet och utnyttjande är centrala hot idag.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Wage dumping, economic crime and exploitation are central threats today.”

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The party programme requires that free movement be balanced by workers' right to act as unions across borders and that companies' freedom in the internal market shall never take place at the expense of equal treatment of employees. It also makes collective agreements a necessary prerequisite in working life. The counter-proposal's demand for maintained posting rules and collective agreements with foreign transport companies is the same commitment.

• union rights across bordersdecisive»Den fria rörligheten på EU:s inre marknad måste balanseras av löntagarnas rätt att verka fackligt över gränserna och av gemensamma minimiregler inom EU till skydd för de anställdas rättigheter.« (party programme ↗)“Free movement in the EU's internal market must be balanced by workers' right to act as unions across borders and by common minimum rules within the EU for the protection of employees' rights.”
• equal treatment of employees»Företagens frihet på den inre marknaden får emellertid aldrig ske på bekostnad av principerna om likabehandling av arbetstagare och om ekonomisk, social och miljömässig hållbarhet.« (party programme ↗)“Companies' freedom in the internal market shall never take place at the expense of the principles of equal treatment of employees and of economic, social and environmental sustainability.”
• collective agreements as base norm»Kollektivavtal är en nödvändig förutsättning för legitimiteten i arbetslivets spelregler och för arbetsfreden.« (party programme ↗)“Collective agreements are a necessary prerequisite for the legitimacy of the rules of working life and for labour peace.”
• action against workplace crime»Krafttag mot arbetslivskriminaliteten. 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 ↗)“Action against workplace crime. Workplace crime shall not exist on the Swedish labour market and public employers and procurers shall be models in working for fair competition.”

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The plan's overriding commitment is to protect the Swedish model where the parties negotiate terms through collective agreements; the counter-proposal's demand that the Mobility Package is implemented so that agreements can be concluded with foreign transport enterprises is a direct application of that. The plan also wishes to protect functioning labour law and particularly emphasizes that conditions must be improved for workers with weak attachment and few rights, which affects the gig economy in the taxi sector. The demand for good working conditions points in the same direction.

• collective agreements as ordering principledecisive»Vi värnar den svenska modellen där arbetsmarknadens parter gemensamt förhandlar fram vad som« (party programme ↗)“We protect the Swedish model where the parties of the labour market jointly negotiate what”
• protected labour law»Vi vill värna en fungerande arbetsrätt och ge« (party programme ↗)“We wish to protect functioning labour law and give”
• better conditions for insecure jobs»Deras arbetsvillkor måste« (party programme ↗)“Their working conditions must”
• right to good working conditions»god fysisk och psykosocial arbetsmiljö.« (party programme ↗)“good physical and psychosocial working conditions.”

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 party programme states that labour market rules should as far as possible be established by the parties rather than through legislation. The counter-proposal's demand that the parties be able to conclude collective agreements with foreign transport companies is precisely this model applied to the industry, and maintained posting regulations provide the foreseeable rules the plan seeks. The support is derived from the principles.

• the parties before legislationdecisive»arbetsmarknadens parter i stället för genom lagstiftning.« (party programme ↗)“labour market parties instead of through legislation.”
• foreseeable rules»Ekonomin ska ha givna och förutsägbara spelregler« (party programme ↗)“The economy should have given and foreseeable rules.”
• flexibility and security»Svensk arbetsmarknad behöver både mer flexibilitet och mer trygghet. Stödet vid omställning och vidareutbildning måste bli bättre.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Swedish labour market needs both more flexibility and more security. Support for transition and retraining must become better.”
• party-based labour market reform»Den senaste mandatperioden drev Centerpartiet igenom en historisk arbetsmarknadsreform som innebär större flexibilitet för företagen och bättre omställningsmöjligheter för medarbetare.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“During the latest term, the Centre Party pushed through a historic labour market reform that means greater flexibility for companies and better transition opportunities for employees.”

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 stipulates that union freedom and the possibility of collective agreements is an important part of freedom of association and contract freedom, and that conditions should primarily be determined through agreements. The counter-proposal's requirement that the mobility package be implemented so that the parties can conclude collective agreements with foreign transport companies is therefore the plan's own model applied to the sector. The requirement also strengthens the fair competition the plan calls for.

• union freedom and collective agreementsdecisive»Den fackliga friheten och möjligheten till kollektivavtal är en viktig del av förenings- och« (party programme ↗)“Union freedom and the possibility of collective agreements is an important part of freedom of association and”
• the agreements model on the labour market»Den svenska arbetsmarknadsmodellen, där villkoren i huvudsak bestäms genom« (party programme ↗)“The Swedish labour market model, where conditions are primarily determined through”
• competition on fair terms»säkerställer konkurrens på rättvisa villkor« (party programme ↗)“ensures competition on fair terms”

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 sees strong and politically independent trade unions as essential and places the design of agreements with the labour market parties. That the parties should be able to conclude collective agreements with foreign transport companies follows from this. The plan furthermore wants to counteract unfair competition and pursue good employment security for all employees.

• starka fackföreningardecisive»Starka och partipolitiskt oberoende fackföreningar« (party programme ↗)“Strong and politically independent trade unions”
• parterna sluter avtal»Utformningen ska göras av arbetsmarknadens parter.« (party programme ↗)“The design should be made by the labour market parties.”
• sund konkurrens»effektiv konkurrenspolitik motverkar oligopol, monopol och illojal konkurrens.« (party programme ↗)“effective competition policy counteracts oligopoly, monopoly and unfair competition.”
• anställningstrygghet»God anställningstrygghet för alla arbetstagare ska« (party programme ↗)“Good employment security for all employees shall”

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 wants to deepen the internal market and as a main rule implement EU rules at minimum level and remove a third of businesses' regulatory red tape. Tightened posting requirements that steer towards collective agreements with foreign transport companies add administrative conditions and obstacles to services trade instead. The plan is built on market economics and freedom of contract rather than on party-controlled conditions requirements, and therefore speaks against the counter-proposal's demands.

• EU rules at minimum leveldecisive»motverka överimplementering i Sverige av EU-beslut« (2022 manifesto ↗)“counteract over-implementation in Sweden of EU decisions”
• deepened internal market»Fördjupa den inre marknaden, inte minst för tjänster och digitala produkter« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Deepen the internal market, not least for services and digital products”
• reduced red tape»Ta bort en tredjedel av företagens administrationskostnader och en tredjedel av regelkrånglet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Remove a third of businesses' administrative costs and a third of regulatory red tape”
• market economics and freedom of contract»Grunden för Sveriges välstånd är en marknadsekonomi baserad« (party programme ↗)“The foundation for Sweden's prosperity is a market economy based”

The plan makes the defence of the Swedish model an explicit commitment and states that the position of Swedish employees should never be sacrificed. It also wants to prevent employers from importing cheap labour for occupations that can be performed by domestic workers. Maintaining stricter posted worker rules and enabling Swedish collective agreements with foreign transport companies is precisely that line applied to the haulage and taxi sector.

• defend the Swedish modeldecisive»Försvara den svenska modellen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Defend the Swedish model”
• stop for wage dumping»För arbetstillstånd behöver Sverige införa en riktig arbetsmarknadsprövning för att förhindra att arbetsgivare importerar billig arbetskraft från fattiga länder för att utföra yrken som kräver liten eller ingen utbildning.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“For work permits, Sweden needs to introduce a proper labour market test to prevent employers from importing cheap labour from poor countries to perform occupations requiring little or no training.”
• Swedish employees' position»Svenska löntagares ställning ska aldrig offras som eftergift till EU.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The position of Swedish employees should never be sacrificed as a concession to the EU.”
• security at work»Öka tryggheten och säkerheten i arbetslivet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Increase security and safety at 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.