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Minna Helle is the new National Conciliator

| 14.11.2014

At the moment Minna Helle, 42, is working as the Director of Negotiations and Social Policy at the...

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Labour market organisations agree to employment pension reform

| 15.10.2014

The intense negotiations between labour market organisations concerning employment pension reform have ended with many proposed changes to...

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Summer job hotline helped hundreds of young people

| 10.10.2014

Some 550 people have called the hotline that counsels young people working in summer jobs. The service is...

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Ukrainian crisis hits Finnish economic growth

| 9.10.2014

The negative impact of the Ukraine crisis on Finland’s economic growth is turning out to be greater than...

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Industry unions support building new nuclear power plant

| 19.9.2014

The government decided to grant the Finnish Fennovoima company permission to go ahead with a new minority shareholder...

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Pension reform on the door

| 21.8.2014

Labour market organisations are struggling to negotiate a reform of the pension system. The reform aims to ensure...

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Outsourcing does not make public services better, Finnish politicians believe

| 13.8.2014

More than half of Finnish politicians believe that outsourcing makes it more difficult to get equal access to...

Finnish politicians ready to defend Nordic welfare model

| 22.5.2014

More than 90 per cent of Finnish politicians expressed a desire to defend the Nordic welfare model in...

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Education enhances democracy and civil rights

| 20.5.2014

All the congress themes of ITUC are important. However, STTK, the Finnish confederation of professionals, thinks that education...