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The Board of Pardia approved the state’s negotiation result

| 10.7.2015

On 30 June, the Board of Pardia approved the negotiation result on implementing the salary solution for the...

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Antti Palola: People wanted to have a change and they did get it

Antti Palola | 16.6.2015

Antti Palolas speech in the meeting of the BSLF Steering Committee in STTK 2.6.2015. I would like to give you...

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National Wage Agreement offers 16 euro a month rise

| 16.6.2015

The Trade Union Confederations accept a negotiated continuation of the national pact for employment and growth. This was...

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Government postpone cuts in unemployment benefits

| 12.6.2015

Discussion on the so-called social contract is becoming ever more heated in Finland. The new Government wants to...

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Government’s new proposal to labour market organisations: take it or leave it

| 29.5.2015

The idea for a labour market social contract is back. Earlier in May PM Juha Sipilä presented his...

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Plan for a social contract for labour market fails

| 11.5.2015

The attempt by the Prime Minister-designate Juha Sipilä to create a social contract between labour market organisations has...

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The Summer Job Helpline (Kesäduunari) provides young people with advice on issues pertaining to summer jobs

| 30.4.2015

The Summer Job Helpline, provided jointly by the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions (SAK), the Finnish Confederation...

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83 000 employees work with zero-hours contracts

| 27.3.2015

Four per cent of all employees in Finland work with zero-hours contracts. Statistics Finland estimates that some 83...

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Unemployment rose slightly in Finland

| 9.3.2015

The unemployment rate is now 8.8 per cent, up slightly from 8.5 per cent in January 2014. According...