A new agreement is in place and the healthcare strike is being terminated with immediate effect.
I'm most pleased that those working in rotation will now get a reduction in working hours, says Vårdförbundet's chairman Sineva Ribeiro to TT.
Jeanette Hedberg, chief negotiator at SKR, is also relieved about the new agreement.
Now it's important that we look ahead and see the challenges we have in healthcare. That's why we need to work together with Vårdförbundet, says she to TT.
The reduction in working hours has been the most debated issue in the agreement.
I would have liked to see us go further with the reduction in working hours, but we have put the issue on the agenda, and we won't let it go. We're already in the starting blocks for the next round of negotiations, says Vårdförbundet's Sineva Ribeiro.
The new agreement includes a reduction in working hours of four hours for people working in rotation – i.e. varied work on days, evenings, and nights. It is to be implemented on November 1.
We had to compromise on a quarter of an hour, but I'm pleased, says Sineva Ribeiro.
SKR believes that working hours will be a difficult issue for employers to resolve.
But we believe it's necessary to meet Vårdförbundet halfway to get an agreement and put an end to the conflict, says Jeanette Hedberg.
Sineva Ribeiro also sees it as a success that an agreement has been reached on academic specialist training,
We've seen that specialist-trained staff have become fewer. Now the employer has to pay for specialist training, which they didn't have to do before, says Sineva Ribeiro.
There are things in the agreement that will give us a boost forward, says she.
