Speaker event: Erik Helgeson, Swedish Dockworkers Union
Erik Helgeson, Vice-Chair of the Swedish Dockworkers’ Union
Join us for a rare opportunity to learn from a high profile International trade union activist
Dockworker and trade union activist Erik Helgeson is coming to Scotland to share lessons from the front line of international labour solidarity!
As a leading figure in the Swedish Dockworkers’ Union, Erik helped organise bold industrial action for Palestine and has became a symbol of workers standing up for their principles in the face of union-busting attacks.
He will describe how his employer seized on the action, using it as a pretext to dismiss him, the case is now proceeding through the Swedish Labour Courts.
An international fundraising campaign has enabled the union to employ Erik directly allowing him to continue to carry out his responsibilities sending a clear message to the port employers that union-busting will not pay off.
Join us for a powerful discussion on how workers can act ethically and strategically on international issues.
We will look at worker power, union democracy, and what Scottish trade unionists can learn from struggles for Palestine in workplaces across the world – and crucially how we can take action of our own.
