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- Jansson, Jenny, 1979-, et al.
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Technological Shifts and the Social Partners : Is the European Semester Heading Towards a Social Europe?
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Ingår i: The European Union and the Technology Shift. - London : Palgrave Macmillan. - 9783030636722 ; , s. 161-183
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This chapter describes and analyses the involvement of trade unions and employers’ organisations in the European Semester (ES) in EU member states. The ES is an important governance mechanism available to the EU to guide economic development in light of an imminent technological shift and, at the same time, involves organisations representing both workers and employers. The analysis shows that the ES could work as a bridge between growth and social reforms where the social partners are involved to ensure that all interests are considered in the governance of EU economic policy. However, the chapter also shows that there are substantive differences among the EU member states as to the extent to which if and when the social partners have a say, when they are involved in the process and whether governments listen to the social partners.
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- Jansson, Olle, 1978-
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A Reluctant Retreat? : The Swedish Medical Association and policies concerning foreign educated physicians in the early post-war era
- 2023
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This paper discusses arguments and political initiatives that the Swedish Medical Association (Sveriges Läkarförbund, SLF) took in attempts to curtail the immigration of foreign-educated physicians to Sweden in the first decades after the end of world war two. During the inter-war period, a shortage of positions for especially newly educated physicians had made SLF into a very protectionist organization that regularly questioned the ability of foreign-educated physicians of treating Swedish patients. Several of their leaders were also involved in or sympathetic towards right-wing political and pro-German organizations.The early post-war period heralded a period of rapid changes within both the political landscape in general and health care policies in particular. The ruling Social Democratic Party wanted to reform the health care sector, expand the number of public hospitals and healthcare clinics, and make health care assessable for all with no or limited fees upfront. This entailed a rapid expansion of the number of physicians, through increasing the number of medical students as well as simplifying the process that would enable foreign-educated physicians to come and practice in Sweden.The leadership within the SLF was against all of this. Neither the “socialization” of healthcare, the “proletarianization” of the medical profession nor the “import” of foreigners for such work was compatible with SLF:s professional project at the time. For them, a physician was a small intellectual and cultural elite of private, independent highly educated professionals. They fought tooth and nail to try to argue against these developments. In the end, they lost them all.In this paper, I will primarily focus on their resistance to foreign-educated physicians. The material used has been collected from the archives of SLF, articles from journals written for and by Swedish physicians, and archive material from some reports and inquiries within the government and the Swedish Medical Board (Medicinalstyrelsen) during the period circa 1945-1960.I argue that SLF had developed a nationalist professional strategy that included strong social closures against foreign-educated physicians during the interwar period. This strategy was well adapted to the interwar and war period but would soon show to be unsuitably adapted to the post-war period. SLF:s demands and arguments often fell on deaf ears in government, the medical board, or in public debate in general. During most of the 1950s SLF only made small concessions to the new political landscape. Not until the leadership that hade came to eminence within the medal organization during the interwar period was replaced with a younger generation of physicians was a more coherent policy change visible.The paper thus argues that professional, as well as other employee or trade union organizations, need to adapt to stay relevant and have an influence on policy but that this adaption at times can be slow and painful.
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- Jansson, Olle, 1978-, et al.
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Collective agreements against labor market risks in Sweden : The case of the PTK-SAF employment security agreement
- 2021
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Ingår i: Labor history. - London : Taylor & Francis. - 0023-656X .- 1469-9702. ; 62:3, s. 316-333
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Occupational welfare as an alternative to public welfare for the protection against social risks has lately attracted increased attention. However, there is no clear agreement on the causes behind the emergence and expansion of occupational welfare schemes in modern welfare states. This article contributes to this subject through a study of one specific form of occupational welfare in Sweden, called Employment Security or Transition Agreements, and the agreements between the bargaining cartel for white-collar employees PTK and the Confederation of private-sector employers SAF/SN from the 1970s until the present time. Based on archival material and articles, the article finds that the protection provided through the agreement expanded during the 1970s and 1980s but has since been reduced, even though the unions finding such solutions more important than ever. Despite the relative strength of Swedish unions, they are not able to sufficiently address increased labor market risks brought about by welfare state retrenchment and structural change.
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- Jansson, Olle, 1978-, et al.
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Från trygghet till omställning : avtal mellan PTK och SAF
- 2022
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Ingår i: Arbetsmarknad & Arbetsliv. - Karlstad : Karlstads universitet. - 1400-9692 .- 2002-343X. ; 28:1, s. 6-25
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Denna artikel ger historiska perspektiv på hur trygghets- och omställningsavtalet mellan SAF och PTK upprättades och sedan omförhandlats sedan 1970-talets början. Artikeln pekar på att trygghets- och omställningsavtalens uppkomst och förändring, kan förstås som ett uttryck för ett ”trilemma”; ett (svårt) val mellan trygghet, flexibilitet och kompetensutveckling. Hur avtalen uppstått och sett ut har varit följden av en avvägning mellan parternas preferenser och maktresurser. Avtalets utformning har växlat på grund av de båda parternas förhandlingspositioner, ändrade förhållanden på arbetsmarknaden, samt reviderade upplevda behov av vilka problem som behöver lösas.
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- Jansson, Olle, 1978-, et al.
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Negotiating a new Swedish model : Employment transition agreements and the struggle over redundancies
- 2021
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Ingår i: Journal of Industrial Relations. - : Sage Publications. - 0022-1856 .- 1472-9296. ; 63:5, s. 706-727
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article is aimed to contribute to our knowledge regarding employer and employee preferences about employment security and unemployment income protection as well as the degree of neoliberal change during the last decades through the lens of collective bargaining. It charts the institutional–historical development of an Employment Transition Agreement (ETA) between the bargaining cartel for white-collar unions, PTK, and the organisation for private employers, SAF/SN. ETAs are a form of institution through which Swedish trade unions and employer organisations give employees added protection in the event of redundancies, mostly in the form of added income protection but also matching services and shorter training programmes. Drawing from archival material and published statements in newspapers, the article engages with what the organisations wanted from such agreements during negotiations and how this shifted during the decades. The results show that the agreements have given employees added unemployment income protection while at the same time giving employees greater flexibility during collective lay-offs. It also shows how the agreement initially was more focused on employment security and proactive investments in skills. But when the balance of power shifted in favour of employers, PTK had to give up any such ambitions.
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- Jansson, Olle, 1978-
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Suitable, Exploitable or Undesirable : Employer Perceptions and Categorisations of Migrant Workers in the Manufacturing Industries of Post-War Central Sweden
- 2020
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Ingår i: Immigrants & Minorities. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0261-9288 .- 1744-0521. ; 38:1-2, s. 131-150
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article explores how social status and the exploitability of ethnic groups interplays with how employers ascribe skills and suitability to different nationalities through a historical case study of a regional two-tier segment of the Swedish post-war labour market. Drawing on previous research on the connections between social status, skills perceptions and labour market outcomes, the article argues for a more nuanced view where the specific economic and political circumstances play an important part in making employers perceive ethnic groups to be suitable for unskilled or skilled industrial work. The results show that nationalities that initially had a comparatively high social status could quickly lose any labour market privilege in a labour market segment if circumstances made them exploitable at the same time as employers perceived them to lack skills suitable for skilled industrial work.
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- Jansson, Olle, 1978-
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”Utspädningen av den svenska läkarkåren med utländska element” : Sveriges läkarförbunds argument mot rekrytering av läkare från Österrike 1950
- 2021
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Ingår i: Scandia. - 0036-5483. ; 87:2, s. 204-228
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Artikeln studerar argument framförde av Sveriges läkarförbund (SLF) mot regeringens planer att rekrytera läkare från Österrike 1950. Syftet är att beskriva och analysera SLF:s argument mot dessa planer. Argumenten har hittats i SLF:s arkiv och veckoblad Svensk Läkartidning. Analysen är baserad på det teoretiska perspektivet att fackliga organisationer som representerar professionella yrken använder olika strategier och metoder mot invandrare jämfört med dem som representerar andra yrkesgrupper.
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