It doesn't get any clearer

Once again, the unions are showing their true colors. A construction company based in a city in central Sweden, Sundsvall, has been sued by Byggnads, a union for Swedish construction workers, for $1,475,000.

According to Byggnads, the company has violated several points in the collective agreement that the company entered into with Byggnads. The background to this is that the company, whose employees, which are about 70, consist of 100% foreign nationals, have worked upwards of 15 hours per day and that the company has not paid allowances, overtime compensation and/or weekend pay to its employees. The company has, among other things, been hired by both Skanska and Northvolt AB.

Since none of the company's employees are members of Byggnads, none of the damages will go to any of the construction workers, instead the total amount will go to the union Byggnads. When Byggnad is asked if it is morally right that the damages goes to Byggnad and not the construction workers, Byggnad's representative Jim Sundelin replies quote "yes, it is a shame and there is more to work with both from our side and it is good if you can help each other and make sure that it is important to be a member of the union" unquote.

Rarely has it been so clearly demonstrated that the unions do not care in the least about the individual worker, but only want to seize as much of the money as possible.