SWEDEN’s southern regional railway strike moved into its second week today with little sign of any agreement between striking workers and bosses.

The stoppage on the semi-privatised rail system has already cost firms 15 million kronor (£1.3m).

The strike broke out last Monday and Seko union spokesman Erik Sandberg said he could see no end in sight.

“Your guess is as good as mine,” he said.

Seko plans to extend the strike this week to include other services across across the region.

Mr Sandberg said that 250 ticket collectors and drivers had been told they were being fired and rehired — moving from full-time salaries to on-call and paid by the hour.

“They have to sit and wait by the phone.

“If they don’t answer, they get blacklisted.

“It means they can’t even look for other jobs in case they miss a call,” Mr Sandberg said.

“They can’t live their lives like this and we don’t want this to become the norm.”