Home » Industrial relations » National industrial relations » Scandinavian trade unions act against social dumping Scandinavian trade unions act against social dumping Starting January 19th, a Polish company will be affected by a union-lead blockade because it refuses to sign the sector’s Swedish collective agreement. A repetition of what happened to a Latvian company in Waxholm, and that lead to a lawsuit currently pending at the CJEC. This jurisdiction will have to deal with yet an other case of social dumping, involving the Finnish union of seamen. Through . Published on 13 January 2006 à 17h32 - Update on 17 March 2013 à 18h40 Resources A blockade is due to affect a Polish company’s building site. Swedish unions are behind this conflict. Starting January 19th, a Polish company, Przedsbiorstwo Wielobranzowe, or “Zojax”, will be affected by a blockade lead by Byggnads, a construction workers’ union. This because the company refuses to sign the Swedish collective agreement on salaries and work conditions in the construction industry. This blockade involves a construction site for the Swedish promoter Bostaden Vetlanda AB. 36 villas are to be built in Vasterhejde, on Gotland island. This action will be accompanied by a so-called sympathetic blockade (legal in Sweden) against three companies who also work on this site : PEAB,… Need more info ? Contact mind's on-demand study service Which service do you want to contact :WritingCommercial serviceTechnical SupportFirst name Last name Organization Function email* Object of the message Your messageRGPD J’accepte la politique de confidentialité.EmailThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Essentials Les dernières publications Supporting parenthood in the workplace: a win-win strategy Supporting employee carers: a CSR challenge Analyzes Les dernières publications Paternity leave: data observations from 41 countries EU: during H1 2022 five EU Member States have raised their minimum salary levels