Skills supply and geographical mobility

The plan demands massive investment in transition support, skills development and education so workers are not hit by unemployment when society leaves fossil fuel dependence, and identifies the shift to a circular economy as a key part. The counter-proposal's roadmaps for business activities and employment opportunities in a circular economy and secured transition support with sufficient resources are the same demands in substance. The plan also builds the entire employment policy on major green investments.

• massive investment in transition supportdecisive»Deras yrkeskompetens behövs också i den gröna omställningen, men för att kunna hantera de nya gröna jobben behövs massiva satsningar på omställningsstöd, kompetensutveckling och utbildning i vad hållbar samhällsutveckling innebär.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Their professional skills are also needed in the green transition, but to handle the new green jobs massive investment in transition support, skills development and education in what sustainable social development means is needed.”
• no job loss in transition»Arbetare, som idag är anställda i privata företag och offentlig verksamhet ska inte drabbas av arbetslöshet när samhället ställer om från fossilberoende.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Workers, who today are employed in private companies and public activities shall not be hit by unemployment when society transitions from fossil fuel dependence.”
• shift to circular economy»Det är en nyckeldel i ett bredare skifte till cirkulär ekonomi och« (party programme ↗)“It is a key part in a broader shift to circular economy and”
• green investment programme»Vänsterpartiet föreslår ett massivt investeringsprogram för den gröna industrin.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Left Party proposes a massive investment programme for the green industry.”

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 party programme commits to a transition to a circular economy and a national labour-market policy with regional anchorage that creates jobs throughout the country. Roadmaps for business activity and jobs within a circular economy throughout the country, with secured resources for transition, are precisely that combination. The plan's demand for good opportunities for transition throughout one's life strengthens the conclusion.

• circular economydecisive»Omställning till cirkulär ekonomi, för bättre användning av befintliga resurser.« (party programme ↗)“Transition to circular economy, for better use of existing resources.”
• jobs throughout the country»Nationell arbetsmarknadspolitik med regional förankring som ger goda möjligheter till« (party programme ↗)“National labour-market policy with regional anchorage that provides good opportunities for”
• transition throughout one's life»Goda möjligheter till kompetensutveckling och omställning genom hela livet.« (party programme ↗)“Good opportunities for skills development and transition throughout one's life.”
• education according to labour-market needs»Bättre styrning av utbildningsutbudet utifrån arbetsmarknadens behov.« (party programme ↗)“Better steering of educational supply on the basis of the labour market's needs.”

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 commits to providing workers with the opportunity to further educate themselves and take the new green jobs, and to invest in education and retraining for the jobs created by the transition. Roadmaps for business activities and jobs within a circular economy are a direct tool for this, since the plan sees the transition to a circular economy as a political task. Secured and indexed transition resources respond to the promise that no one will be left behind.

• retraining for green jobsdecisive»arbetstagare möjlighet att vidareutbilda sig och ta de nya gröna jobben som växer fram.« (party programme ↗)“workers the opportunity to further educate themselves and take the new green jobs emerging.”
• invest in skills transition»Vi vill investera i utbildning och omskolning som gör det möjligt för fler att ta de jobb« (party programme ↗)“We want to invest in education and retraining that makes it possible for more to take the jobs”
• political responsibility for circular economy»Det är en politisk uppgift att med ekonomiska styrmedel och tydliga regler driva på« (party programme ↗)“It is a political task to drive forward with economic instruments and clear rules”

The election manifesto wants to make Sweden the world's most resource-efficient country with a more circular economy and states that support for transition and retraining must become better. The counter-proposal's roadmaps for circular industries throughout the country and secured resources for transition support follow from these two commitments. The plan moreover identifies new green jobs in the countryside as a main line.

• circular economydecisive»Sverige ska bli världens mest resurseffektiva land och ekonomin mer cirkulär. Med rätt stöd och regelförenklingar kan vi återvinna och återbruka allt från kläder till mineral och metaller.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden shall become the world's most resource-efficient country and the economy more circular. With the right support and regulatory simplifications, we can recycle and reuse everything from clothes to minerals and metals.”
• better transition support»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.”
• education after labour market needs»Matchningen måste förbättras. Alla ska ha rätt till en effektiv matchningstjänst och det ska bli lättare att hitta medarbetare inom alla yrken. Utbildningssystemet behöver i betydligt större utsträckning utgå från arbetsmarknadens behov.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Matching must be improved. Everyone shall have the right to effective matching services and it shall become easier to find employees in all occupations. The education system needs to a much greater extent start from the labour market's needs.”
• green jobs throughout the country»Med rätt reformer kommer nya jobb att skapas på landsbygden inom allt från produktion av biobränslen till utvinning av de mineral och metaller som krävs för den gröna omställningen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“With the right reforms, new jobs will be created in the countryside within everything from biofuel production to extraction of the minerals and metals needed for the green transition.”

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 demands that those who lose their job get greater security during the transition and that transition support be strengthened with severance pay, strengthened unemployment insurance and increased opportunities for skills development. It supports the counter-proposal's demand that transition support be secured with sufficient resources. The demand for roadmaps for circular economy, however, lies aside from the plan's line that general measures are most important, which makes the support weak.

• strengthened transition supportdecisive»En förändring av arbetsrätten ska kombineras med ett bättre omställningsstöd i form av ett avgångsvederlag till den enskilde, generell och förstärkt statlig arbetslöshetsförsäkring och ökade möjligheter till kompetensutveckling.« (party programme ↗)“A change in labour law shall be combined with better transition support in the form of severance pay to the individual, general and strengthened state unemployment insurance and increased opportunities for skills development.”
• security during transition»Den som blir av med jobbet måste få större trygghet i omställningen.« (party programme ↗)“Those who lose their job must get greater security during the transition.”
• circular resource use»Målet ska vara att alla grundläggande råvaror, såsom växtnäring och mineraler, ska cirkulera i produktionssystemet och att de små mängder med farliga ämnen som ändå återstår ska hanteras på ett miljösäkert sätt.« (party programme ↗)“The goal should be that all basic raw materials, such as plant nutrients and minerals, should circulate in the production system and that small amounts of hazardous substances that still remain should be handled in an environmentally safe way.”
• general measures over targeted»Viktigast är generella åtgärder för att förbättra företagsklimatet och infrastrukturen, samt en fungerande offentlig service.« (party programme ↗)“Most important are general measures to improve the business climate and infrastructure, and a functioning public service.”

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 makes an education system for skills development throughout working life a decisive issue for employment and requires circular economy-adapted development with more efficient resource use. Roadmaps for business activities and job opportunities within a circular economy throughout the country respond to both these commitments and to the goal that the whole of Sweden shall thrive. A secured transition support follows from the same line, although the plan otherwise wants to conduct business policy with general means.

• skills development throughout working lifedecisive»Ett väl fungerande utbildningssystem som skapar goda förutsättningar för kompetensutveckling under hela yrkeslivet är av allra största vikt för att värna sysselsättningen på lång sikt.« (party programme ↗)“A well-functioning education system that creates good conditions for skills development throughout working life is of paramount importance for safeguarding employment in the long term.”
• circular economy-adapted development»För att minska avfallsmängden behövs en kretsloppsanpassad utveckling, bland annat genom ett utökat producentansvar.« (party programme ↗)“To reduce waste volumes, circular economy-adapted development is needed, among other things through expanded producer responsibility.”
• more efficient resource use»En livsstil som innebär ett slöseri med resurser är inte långsiktigt hållbar.« (party programme ↗)“A lifestyle that involves wasteful use of resources is not sustainable in the long term.”
• the whole of Sweden shall thrive»Målet är att hela Sverige ska leva och att varje kommun och region ska vara ett fungerande samhälle, där människor kan få sina grundläggande behov av arbete och service tillgodosedda.« (party programme ↗)“The goal is that the whole of Sweden shall thrive and that every municipality and region shall be a functioning society, where people can have their basic needs for work and services met.”

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 assumes that politics lacks the ability to detail-steer business development and that state interventions are far from always the solution. State roadmaps for business activities within a circular economy are precisely such detail-steering, and index-regulated resources tie up spending in conflict with the requirement that reforms must fit within the surplus target. The plan's own answer to skill shortages is coordination of educational places according to labour market needs.

• politics cannot detail-steerdecisive»att detaljstyra och överpröva en så komplicerad process.« (party programme ↗)“to detail-steer and overrule such a complicated process”
• state interventions are rarely the solution»Statliga ingripanden är långt ifrån alltid« (party programme ↗)“State interventions are far from always”
• coordination of educational places»Få på plats en nationell samordning över samhällets behov av antalet utbildningsplatser för att förbättra kompetensförsörjningen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Get in place a national coordination of society's need for the number of educational places to improve competence provision”
• reforms must be financed»Alla nya löften och reformer – som till exempel våra inkomstskattesänkningar – behöver finansieras eller rymmas inom överskottsmålet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“All new promises and reforms – for example our income tax cuts – need to be financed or fit within the surplus target”

The plan establishes that the public sector as part of labour market policy should meet the need for further training and transition, and wishes to act for a labour supply better matching labour market needs as well as facilitate business throughout the country. The demand for roadmaps for business activities throughout the country and secured transition support lies in line with this. The plan simultaneously wishes to stop symbol politics that affects business, which makes support conditional.

• public responsibility for transitiondecisive»Det offentliga bör som en del av arbetsmarknadspolitiken tillgodose behovet av vidareutbildning och omställning för den som behöver byta yrke under livets gång.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The public sector ought as part of labour market policy to meet the need for further training and transition for those who need to change profession during life.”
• matched labour supply»Verka för ett arbetskraftsutbud som bättre svarar mot behoven på arbetsmarknaden« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Act for a labour supply that better matches labour market needs”
• business throughout the country»Underlätta för industri och näringsliv i hela landet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Facilitate industry and business throughout the country”
• no symbol politics»Stoppa symbolpolitik som går ut över möjligheten att bedriva industri och näring« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stop symbol politics that damages the capacity to conduct industry and business”

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.