On the national level, the Hotel and Restaurant Unions gained 3400 new members during the month of March - and the trend looks the same across the country.
- It's a record. Many are worried and have questions and wonder if you can get help. This is a situation that many have never found themselves in, ”says Malin Ackholt, who is the chairman of the Hotel and Restaurant Association.
Some who have questions have been forced to leave their jobs the same day, others are laid off.
Many worried people also hear about the Municipal in Umeå, but there are more issues regarding the working environment that are relevant, not worry about losing the job.
On the other hand, the trade union trade also sees a large increase in new members. In Västerbotten County, 356 people joined the a-kassan and 116 in Handels during March.
- That the government's package of changes in the a-cash has had effects is clear, we have never seen such a storm before, says Susanna Gideonsson, president of the Trade Employees' Association.