The Social Democrats presented a package for higher pensions in Visby on Thursday evening, aimed at people who started working early and in strenuous jobs.
Magdalena Andersson spoke in Almedalen and stressed that hard work should pay off. The party is going to the election with four parts to raise pensions.
The first proposal is a worker pension that is means-tested and can be applied for before the standard retirement age. It aims to increase the public pension for assistant nurses, warehouse workers and electricians.
The Social Democrats also want to investigate a bonus for those who start working right after upper secondary school and raise payments into the pension system from 17.2 to 18.5 percent. A fourth point concerns a statutory right to reduce working hours.
Elderly Minister Anna Tenje (M) called the proposal pure populism and warned of shock tax increases.
