Author: sonja

News

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...

News

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...

News

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...

News

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...

News

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...

News

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...

News

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...

News

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...

News

Peace, Democracy and rights

| 3.12.2018

  Speech by Antti Palola ITUC Congress, Copenhagen 2018   Dear congress, dear brothers and sisters. We have...