c o n t i n u i t y a n d c o n t r ac t 207 right to determine fines and the workers’ conditions. Since these questions were regarded as disputes of interest, they were not subject to arbitration, and if there happened to be a loophole in the collective agreement, the employer would have the final word. It would be better to let public authorities settle such disputes before the rules became binding. Sandström further said that the employer’s right to direct and distribute work was approved by all sides, but it was not some kind of inalienable right, but instead one that was extremely controversial. Nor was the employer’s position regarding entering into collective agreements so weak that he needed to be protected by a binding legal enactment.The intention of the bill was to once and for all terminate the discussion, to restrict the right to negotiate in an unwarranted manner, and to unilaterally favour one of the parties, namely, the employer. Many collective agreements contained rules on preference or the right to re-employ workers who lived in the ara, family providers, men who were returning from military service etc.Neither law, custom, public interest nor an interest to protect the weaker party provided grounds for using legislation that prohibited such constructions, which could be to the advantage of both parties.422 The Social Democrat, Herman Lindqvist, admitted that the proposed rules about plant regulations gave workers the right to express an opinion, but these rules still entailed a stipulation of the employer’s right to unilaterally decide in these matters.This not only withdrew that issue from the right to negotiate but also took away a large part of the right to co-determination they had succeeded to obtain in practice.423 The proposal to legally stipulate the employer’s prerogatives corresponding to that which was stated in section23 of the charter of SAF met even greater resistance among Social Democrats. 422 SU2 1910:6, p. 113. AK1910:59, pp. 15-19, 23. AK1910:60, pp. 23-29. 423 AK1910:60, pp. 20-21.
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