The notice concerns a total work stoppage for cleaning services at 14 companies, such as Astra Zeneca, Scania, Volvo Group, and Viking Line.
According to the trade unions, the decision is based on the employers' unwillingness, represented by Almega, to adjust the overtime compensation.
"Cleaners' overtime deserves to be compensated in the same way as industrial workers' overtime. We cannot accept anything else for our members," say Inger Lundholm, Chairman of Fastighets, and Gabriella Lavecchia, Chairman of Seko, in a joint comment.
The unions also write that Almega has refused to agree to a low-wage initiative in accordance with the LO coordination and industrial standardization. They also claim that Almega has required full deduction and counter-value for the unions' members to receive the same wage increases and terms for part-time employees as Sweden's industrial workers.
Martin Stenmo, CEO of Almega Service Companies, says that the negotiations have been tough and that they are far apart.
"We would have liked to continue the negotiations with the goal of reaching an agreement on a new contract within the framework set by the labor market parties together, the so-called mark. Our trade union counterparts instead chose to issue a conflict notice," says Stenmo in a press release.
Further negotiations will continue under the leadership of a mediator from the Mediation Institute.
If the parties do not reach an agreement, the industrial action is expected to take effect on June 16 at 6 am.
