Work-integrated social enterprises

The plan wants to give wage-earners and community cooperatives legal rights and public financial support to run activities, and cooperative ownership forms shall be stimulated through legislation. Work for all is the plan's most important power issue and unemployment is described as a waste of people's expertise. Strengthening support for and clearly defining work-integrating social enterprises is therefore in line with the plan.

• legal support for community cooperativesdecisive»Som ett skydd mot kortsiktig vinstjakt så vill Vänsterpartiet ge löntagare och samhällskooperativ laglig rätt och offentligt finansiellt stöd att ta över verksamheter och industrier som hotas stängas ner och flytta utomlands.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“As a protection against short-term profit-seeking, the Left Party wants to give wage-earners and community cooperatives legal rights and public financial support to take over activities and industries threatened with closure and relocation abroad.”
• cooperation through legislation»Arbetarägande och konsumentkooperation ska stimuleras« (party programme ↗)“Worker ownership and consumer cooperation shall be stimulated”
• work for all»Arbete åt alla är den viktigaste maktfrågan på arbetsmarknaden« (party programme ↗)“Work for all is the most important power issue in the labour market”
• combat unemployment»Arbetslöshet är ett enormt slöseri med människors kompetens och erfarenheter.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Unemployment is an enormous waste of people's expertise and experience.”

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 explicitly wants to stimulate cooperatives and social enterprises and opens for partnerships with social enterprises in publicly funded activities. The election manifesto requires that everyone who can work shall work regardless of where they were born and that more measures are taken for foreign-born people. Better support and a clear definition of work-integrating social enterprises follow from this, but the regulation of the business form is not explicitly addressed.

• stimulate social enterprisesdecisive»entreprenörskap och kooperativ och social företagsamhet ska stimuleras.« (party programme ↗)“entrepreneurship and cooperatives and social enterprises shall be stimulated.”
• partnership with social enterprises»med kooperativa och sociala företag eller ideella organisationer.« (party programme ↗)“with cooperatives and social enterprises or non-profit organizations.”
• work as a path to belonging»Alla som kan jobba ska jobba och bidra för att bli en del av samhället. Det gäller oavsett var man är född.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Everyone who can work shall work and contribute to become part of society. This applies regardless of where you were born.”
• measures for foreign-born people»Fler insatser krävs för att utlandsfödda kvinnor ska komma i arbete och vi säger nej till alla förslag om vårdnadsbidrag eller barnomsorgspeng, som låser fast utlandsfödda kvinnor i hemmet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“More measures are needed for foreign-born women to get into work and we say no to all proposals for child custody allowance or childcare vouchers, which lock foreign-born women at home.”

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 explicitly wants to promote social enterprises, alternative management forms and values-based organizations as well as new business forms within the social economy. The counter-proposal's demand for better support and a clear definition of work-integrating social enterprises lies directly in that direction. The plan further promises that everyone willing to work and able to contribute according to their capacity shall have part of a work-life security, which affects those far from the labor market.

• promote social enterprisesdecisive»företag, andra alternativa driftsformer och idéburna organisationer.« (party programme ↗)“enterprises, other alternative management forms and values-based organizations.”
• new forms in the social economy»Vi vill se nya företagsformer inom den sociala« (party programme ↗)“We want to see new business forms within the social”
• work-life security for all»Alla som är beredda att ta arbete och efter sina« (party programme ↗)“Everyone who is willing to work and according to their”
• establishment support for newly arrived»förlänga etableringsprogrammet för nyanlända till minst fyra år för att skapa bättre förutsättningar för etablering, så att fler kommer i arbete snabbare.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“extend the establishment program for newly arrived to at least four years to create better conditions for establishment so that more enter work faster.”

The plan sees small businesses as the key to both unemployment and integration and wants to make it easier to employ those furthest from the labour market. It also wants to give civil society and social entrepreneurship greater scope and support it by involving it in more processes. Better support and a clear definition of work-integrating social enterprises lie in that direction.

• businesses solve exclusiondecisive»Småföretagen är också nyckeln till att lösa många av de problem Sverige står inför, som arbetslösheten och den bristande integrationen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Small businesses are also the key to solving many of the problems Sweden faces, such as unemployment and lack of integration.”
• employment for those furthest from the labour market»Det måste bli billigare och lättare att anställa, särskilt personer som står långt från arbetsmarknaden.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It must become cheaper and easier to employ, especially people who are far from the labour market.”
• social entrepreneurship»ökat utrymme för ideella insatser, föreningsarbete och socialt och kulturellt entreprenörskap« (party programme ↗)“increased scope for voluntary initiatives, voluntary organization work and social and cultural entrepreneurship”
• support for civil society»Politiken kan stödja civilsamhället genom att involvera det i fler processer« (party programme ↗)“Politics can support civil society by involving it in more processes”

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 explicitly points to work-integrating social enterprises as a way to channel long-term unemployed and people with disabilities into the labour market, and requires that regulations and procurement be designed so that idea-based actors get good opportunities. Measures that strengthen the activity and a clear definition are therefore in the plan's line. The plan says nothing about the form of the definition.

• social enterprises as route to jobsdecisive»Arbetsintegrerande sociala företag kan också bidra till att slussa in« (party programme ↗)“Work-integrating social enterprises can also contribute to channeling”
• good conditions for idea-based actors»Regelverk och upphandlingar ska utformas så att de får goda möjligheter.« (party programme ↗)“Regulations and procurement shall be designed so that they get good opportunities.”
• idea-based actors in welfare»Regelverk och upphandlingar bör utformas så att det är oftare är möjligt för idéburna aktörer att bidra i välfärden.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Regulations and procurement should be designed so that it is more often possible for idea-based actors to contribute to welfare.”
• responsibility for those farthest from jobs»Den offentliga sektorn ska ta ökat ansvar för att människor som står långt från den ordinarie« (party programme ↗)“The public sector shall take increased responsibility for people far from ordinary”

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 establishes that public, voluntary and private activity shall complement each other and that social policy shall support communities and individuals towards self-sufficiency. Work-integrating social enterprises are precisely such an idea-driven path into the labour market, and the plan requires that long-term unemployment is combated forcefully. A strengthened civil society is an explicit commitment, which speaks for better support and clear definition.

• voluntary and private activity complementsdecisive»Offentlig, ideell och privat verksamhet ska komplettera varandra.« (party programme ↗)“Public, voluntary and private activity shall complement each other.”
• support towards self-sufficiency»Målet för socialpolitiken är att stödja gemenskaperna« (party programme ↗)“The goal of social policy is to support the communities”
• long-term unemployment is combated»Långtidsarbetslöshet ska bekämpas kraftfullt.« (party programme ↗)“Long-term unemployment shall be combated forcefully.”
• strengthened civil society»STÄRKT CIVILSAMHÄLLE« (2022 manifesto ↗)“STRENGTHENED CIVIL SOCIETY”

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 a diversity of actors to carry welfare and transition efforts and social benefit activities to be enabled for those living on allowances, with the goal that as many as possible become employable. Socially integrated enterprises fill precisely that function for groups far from the labour market. The business form and a separate ordinance are not addressed in the documents, so the support is weakly substantiated.

• diversity of actorsdecisive»En mångfald av aktörer är också en förutsättning för förnyelse och innovation.« (party programme ↗)“A diversity of actors is also a prerequisite for renewal and innovation.”
• socially beneficial activities»Möjliggöra samhällsnyttiga insatser för den som lever på bidrag« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Enable socially beneficial activities for those living on allowances”
• more employable people»till att så många som möjligt kan vara anställningsbara.« (party programme ↗)“so that as many as possible can be employable.”

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 stop public funds to fake jobs and abolish labor market and integration programs that hide unemployment, demanding that policy instead creates demand for real jobs. Expanded support and a separate regulation for work-integrating social enterprises, justified by benefits for newcomers and foreign-born long-term unemployed, is such a subsidized construction. The plan furthermore wants positive special treatment of newcomers to cease.

• no fake jobsdecisive»Stoppa användandet av offentliga medel till låtsasjobb« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stop the use of public funds for fake jobs”
• abolish ineffective programs»Avskaffa ineffektiva arbetsmarknads- och integrationsprogram som är skapade för att dölja arbetslöshet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Abolish ineffective labor market and integration programs that are created to hide unemployment”
• real jobs instead»Istället för ineffektiva arbetsmarknadspolitiska konstruktioner som nystartsjobb, etableringsanställningar och introduktionsjobb, bör politiken verka för att skapa en större efterfrågan på riktiga jobb.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Instead of ineffective labor market policy constructions such as new start jobs, establishment employment and introduction jobs, policy should work to create greater demand for real jobs.”
• no priority for newcomers»Stoppa den positiva särbehandlingen av nyanlända vad gäller jobb och lägenheter« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stop the positive special treatment of newcomers regarding jobs and housing”