When it comes to salary increases, the Swedish Teachers' Union adheres to the so-called benchmark set by the industrial unions at 4.2 percent.
However, the union's chairman Anna Olskog says it is essential that more general investments in raising teachers' salaries do not come to a halt.
Over a decade leading up to 2020, the state invested in various ways in teachers' salaries. It was welcome and good. But we see that since 2020, it has come to a standstill. That must not happen, teachers need to have a continued upgrading of their salaries, she says.
The main focus for the Swedish Teachers' Union in the collective bargaining process lies not primarily on salaries, but on the working situation.
The union wants, among other things, to see national regulations for a cap on teaching. They also want the planning work before and after the actual teaching to be regulated.
