Activity report 2019

1 The council, board and office

The Saco-S Council represents approximately 3 500 members in 20 independent Saco unions and eight local-local Saco associations. The ordinary annual meeting was held and the following members of the Board was elected for the period 18/19:

Per Sundman (chairperson), Tina Hedmo (vice chairperson), Robert Malmgren (secretary), Cajsa Bartusch, Anders Lagerstrand (for the period 2019-04-01 - 2019-11-26), Anita Ericsson (for the period 2018-11-13 - 2019-03-31).

The Board held 25 meetings which were recorded in minutes during the year. These can be found on the Saco-S Council's website (Edit: the recorded minutes from the year 2019 are no longer available on the website). In addition, the Board has held some non-recorded meetings whe, for the majority of the time, matters before the Thursday negotiations were discussed. As for the office, Kirsi Höglund (100 %), Anna Eklund (50 %, lent to other activities since 1/10), Jezzica Israelsson (20 %), Charlotte Leyser (15 %) and Fabian Engel (10 %) have acted as union trustees for the Saco-S Council.

In addition to the elected Board and the office, some people have been co-opted to the Board continuously, and have had a reduction as well and worked with the Board on various issues. These people are Johanna Norberg Hägglund, Anders Lagerstrand (until he became a member of the Board) and Sonchita Bagchi.

2 Union trustees

The following people are on leave without salary deduction for union work to the extent specified below. The reduction that applied during the spring of the previous business year (December 2017 – June 2018) is also given in parentheses. The reduction is reconsidered at the beginning of each academic year. In total, Saco currently has a reduction corresponding to a total of 648 %.

The information below is reported in order: Name, Title, Workplace, Reduction 19/20, Reduction 18/19

Robert Malmgren, Study Counselor, Biology Education Centre, 40 % (60 % during the period 2019-10-01 - 2019-12-31) 40 %
Anders Lagerstrand, Controller, Financial Administration and Procurement Division, 60 %, 20 %
Charlotte Nordgren, Study and Careers Counselor, Student Affairs and Academic Registry Division, 5 %, 5 %
Tony Thorström, Education Administrator, Faculty Office for Medicine and Pharmacy, 5 %, 5 %
Per Sundman, Senior Lecturer, Department of Theology, 70 % (until 2019-12-31), 70 %
Ulf Zackariasson, Senior Lecturer, Department of Theology, 20 %, 20 %
Cajsa Bartusch, Researcher, Department of Engineering Sciences, 20 %, 20 %
Nicklas Högås, Library Assistant, University Library, 15 %, 15 %
Kristina Carlsson, Librarian, University Library, 10 %
Ann-Kristin Lindberg, Lecturer, Department of Business Studies, 1 %
Tina Hedmo, Senior Lecturer, Department of Business Studies 40 % (5 % during the period 2020-01-01 - 2020-06-30), 50 %
Cecilia Hamfelt, Lecturer, Department of Business Studies, 8 %, 7 %
Johanna Norberg Hägglund, Lecturer, Department of Business Studies, 70 % (60 during the period 2020-01-01 - 2020-06-30), 4 %
Sarah Glännefors, Doctoral Student, Department of Business Studies, 1 %
Shruti Kashyap, Doctoral Student, Department of Business Studies, 1 %
Cecilica Lindholm, Senior Lecturer, Department of Business Studies, 1 %
Therese Hartman, Educational Developer, Division for Quality Enhancement, 5 %, 5 %
Kirsi Höglund, Coordinator, Saco-S Council's Office/ HR Division, 100 %, 100 %
Anna Eklund, Administrator, Saco-S Council’s Office/ HR Division, 50 %, 50 %
Jezzica Israelsson, Doctoral Student, Department of History, 20 %
Fabian Engel, Doctoral Student, Department of Ecology and Genetics, 10 %
Charlotte Leyser, Course Administrator, Department of Economics, 15 %
Marie Nylund, Study Counselor, Department of Government, 4 %, 3.5 %
Moa Mårtensson, Researcher, Department of Government, 2 %
Anton Ahlén, Doctoral Student, Department of Government, 3 %
Maria Eriksson Baaz, Professor, Department of Government, 2 %
Petra Eriksson, Lecturer, Department of Art History, 20 %, 15 %
Carina Johansson, Senior Lecturer, Department of Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology, 10 %, 10 %
Susanna Carlsten, Lecturer, Department of Art History, 10 %, 5 %
Martin Abrahamson, Lecturer, Department of Business Studies, 10 %, 10 %
Jhonny Therus, Doctoral Student, Department of Archeology and Ancient History, 0 %, 20 %
Anita Ericsson, Faculty Administrator, Faculty Office for Medicine and Pharmacy, 0 %, 20 %
Ellen Matlok-Ziemann, International Coordinator, EDU, 0 %, 20 %
Emma-Lotta Säätelä, Librarian, University Library, 0 %, 10 %
Johanna Rein, Doctoral Student, Department of Business Studies, 0 %, 1 %
Anna Rask-Andersen, Professor, Department of Medical Sciences, 0 %, 17 %
Christina Bergqvist, Professor, Department of Government, 0 %, 4 %
Oscar Almén, Researcher, Department of Government, 0 %, 3.5 %
Per Adman, Senior Lecturer, Department of Government, 0 %, 4 %
Sofia Helander, Doctoral Student, Department of Government, 0 %, 3.5 %

3 Negotiations

During the business year, the negotiations on recruitment, placement salaries and notices of dismissal were handled via the electronic negotiation tool EDGAR. The Saco-S Council's Board members individually review cases according to their assigned division and approve or make claims for current cases. Negotiations on the cases where the staff organisations had claims for take place on Thursdays at the University Administration.

During the past business year, the Saco-S Council has initiated the following unfinished negotiations on two new local collective agreements, namely:

Travel time agreement

It is proposed to regulate compensation for travel time in the job (travel ordered by the head of department/ manager) outside regular weekly working hours or alternatively for teachers on time which according to the working hours agreement is defined as inconvenient time.

Working hours agreement for teachers

Aims partly to integrate positions that are not currently regulated in any working hours agreement and partly to clarify writings about time for administrative duties, conversion figures and mainly address imbalances between the tasks research and teaching.

Negotiations on agreements

Doctoral student ladder

The doctoral student ladder was negotiated. Driven change of the doctoral student ladder to a completely year-based ladder, which could not be anchored with the employer.

Internal mobility

The Saco-S Council has negotiated forms for transfer and for Employment (Co-Determination in the Workplace) Act (MBL) negotiation of transfer of employment from one part, department or division, to another part of the University. New local collective agreement concluded on 2019-10-17.

Salary review 2018

The Saco-S Council has negotiated the forms and schedule for the 2018 year’s salary review. The model for salary-setting discussions has been adjusted slightly. It is Saco members at the University Administration, the Internal Audit, UU Innovation, the National Centre for Knowledge on Men's Violence Against Women and the University Library who have salary-setting discussions and are thus affected by this.

Other negotiations, finished and ongoing

Salary supplement for certain assignments and new skills.
Hourly rate for teaching.
Invalidity in vacation removed by agreement.
Externally funded employees’ opportunity for union assignment centrally.
The University's rules of procedure.
Labor shortage negotiations that primarily affected researchers whose funds had run out.
University IT Services.
Person specification for recruitment of a University Director.
Reorganisations, the Division for Contract Education, the Department of Psychology, the Student Affairs and Academic Registry Division, the Department of Theology, the National Centre for Knowledge on Men's Violence Against Women, the Buildings Division and the University Library.
Activity reports for the University centrally as well as for Faculties and Disciplinary Domains.
Salary review 2019 and preparation for 2020.
Salary survey 2019.
Reconstruction of Ångström.
By Saco called for MBL Section 12 negotiations on forms for the appointment of representatives of "other staff" in the Electoral College, on the introduction of a new student administrative IT system (Canvas), on reasonable principles for labor shortage negotiations and on proposals for joint negotiation procedures.
Dispute negotiations for late notices of dismissal, violation of MBL and also when calculating working hours.
Change of position and salary.

Other activities

Participation in various bodies at Uppsala University

The Saco-S Council has representatives with the right to attend and the right to free speech in the University Board as well as the boards of the Disciplinary Domains and the Faculties. The Council is also represented in the Gender Equality Committee, the Committee on Ethnic and Social Diversity, the Proposal Committee, the Central Collaboration group, the Joint Committee on Work Environment Issues and the Staff disciplinary board. Furthermore, the Council receives continuous information about the matters that are dealt with at the weekly meetings with the Vice-Chancellor. During the business year, representatives of the Saco-S Council participated in courses and conferences organised by the Central Government Social Partners’ Council (Swedish: Partsrådet).

Salary surveys

Uppsala University, like all major workplaces in Sweden, is required to carry out an annual salary survey. During the business year, the Saco-S Council actively participated in the 2018 year's salary survey.

Other surveys

Member survey on salary-setting discussions at the Administration and the Library.
Outcome of salary-setting discussions at the Administration.
Outcome of salary-setting discussions at the Library.
Comparison of the 10th percentile with hypothetical minimum wage agreement.
The salary development of the Teaching Assistants (Swedish: Amanuenser) after the ladder was abolished.
Late and missed notices of dismissal.
Payment of vacation pay upon termination of fixed-term employment.
Follow-up of how the working hours agreement for teachers is applied regarding service plans.

Competence provision

The entire Board has participated in a course on GDPR
Internal training for the Board with the contact union SULF, led by Anna Lundgren.
Safety representative's day
Seminar on the STRUT
Seminar on means of adjustment.
Workshop in systematic work environment work.
Start-up in Primula on notice of temporary employees.
Dialogue on salary-setting discussions, evaluation of RALS-T.
The following has also taken the courses:
- Johanna Norberg Hägglund has taken SULF's step 2.
- Jezzica Israelsson has taken SULF's steps 2 and 3.
- Kirsi Höglund has received training in regulating agreements of research projects.

Contact with members

The Saco-S Council's Board has arranged three (3) seminars for members regarding the salary review 2019.
The Saco-S Council's Board has arranged three (3) seminars for members regarding a new working hours agreement for teachers.
The Saco-S Council's Board has arranged three (3) seminars for members regarding salary-setting discussions.
The Saco-S Council's Board has arranged Working in Sweden for members.

An important part of the Saco-S Council's work consists of giving members advice and support on issues that are important to them. A large part of the issues are regarding labor law or work environment law. Some of these conversations stop at confidential conversations. A small part is transferred to so-called membership matters where the Saco-S Council is there to support or ultimately negotiate the working conditions for our members.

The Saco-S Council also provides advice and support in connection with the setting of new salaries and in connection with the salary review.

The Saco-S Council has sent out seven (7) membership letters since the 2018 ordinary annual meeting. These membership letters are also available on the Saco-S Council's website (Edit: the letters from before the year 2020 are no longer available on the webpage). The language in the membership letters is Swedish and English so that our non-Swedish-speaking members also can take part in important information.
In addition to the membership letters, the Saco-S Council has sent out information about the seminars that have been arranged.
During the year, the Saco-S Council worked actively to keep the website up to date and increase the content on the page.
Meetings with our representatives on committees and boards.
The Saco-S Council's Board has participated in information for new employees during the year.

Other discussions and collaborations

Uppsala Student Union around the doctoral students' conditions.
Uppsala Postdoc Association (UPA) on postdoctoral conditions.
Newly employed people in various management functions at the Administration.
Cajsa Bartusch has participated in SULF's negotiating delegation.

4 Representation in various bodies

The Universityr Board: Per Sundman, Tina Hedmo
The Disciplinary Domain Board of Humanities and Social Sciences: Kirsi Höglund
The Faculty Board of Medicine and Pharmacy: Torbjörn Karlsson
The Faculty Board of Science and Technology: Robert Malmgren
The Faculty Board of Educational Sciences: Ellen Matlock Ziemann
The Faculty Board of Social Sciences: Tina Hedmo/Johanna Norberg Hägglund
The Faculty Board of Linguistics: Gunilla Ransbo
The Faculty Board of Arts: Gustav Malmborg
The Faculty Board of Theology: Ulf Zackariasson
The Faculty Board of Law: Vacant
Central Collaboration group: Per Sundman
Joint Committee on Work Environment Issues (SVAM): Josef Seibt, Robert Malmgren
The Libraryboard: Kristina Carlsson
Equal Opportunities Advisory Board: Therese Hartman
ISP Board: Linnea Sjöblom
Centre for Gender Research: Karin Lindelöf
Advisory Board: Ann-Marie Rosenqvist