The postal strike is over and a new collective agreement reached
| 29.11.2019
Helsinki (29.11.2019 – Heikki Jokinen) A new collective agreement for postal workers ends the escalating strike wave. The... Read more
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Finnish Trade union confederations see the planned state budget as a step forward, but not big enough
| 19.9.2019
Helsinki (19.09.2019 – Heikki Jokinen) The plans for the next state budget seem to be a move in... Read more
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Extended unpaid working hours yielded no positive impact in the workplace
| 13.9.2019
Helsinki (13.09.2019 – Heikki Jokinen) In 2016, the three-year national Competitiveness Pact added 24 extra annual unpaid working... Read more
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Katja Lehto-Komulainen to lead FinUnions
| 21.5.2019
Katja Lehto-Komulainen, LL.M. has been appointed Director of the FinUnions bureau in Brussels for a fixed term of... Read more
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Parliamentary elections in Finland and STTK’s goals in government programme
| 13.5.2019
Finland held parliamentary election on 14 April 2019. Here are the the ten goals STTK sees the incoming... Read more
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Grave neglect revealed in privatised elderly care – unions demand immediate measures
| 31.1.2019
Gross neglect is thought to be the reason for one death in privatised elderly care and this has... Read more
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Labour costs for an employer in Finland 34.2 Euro per hour in 2016
| 8.12.2018
Labour costs in Finland were, on average, 34.2 Euro per hour in 2016, according to Statistics Finland in... Read more
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Global change – Just transitions
| 7.12.2018
Speech by Antti Palola ITUC Congress, Copenhagen 2018 Dear congress, dear brothers and sisters. It’s an honour to... Read more
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Peace, Democracy and rights
| 3.12.2018
Speech by Antti Palola ITUC Congress, Copenhagen 2018 Dear congress, dear brothers and sisters. We have... Read more