Swedish and Finnish labor organizations present views on Europe’s competitiveness
Swedish labor organizations LO, TCO, and Saco, together with Finland’s SAK and STTK, have published an open letter... Read more
Swedish labor organizations LO, TCO, and Saco, together with Finland’s SAK and STTK, have published an open letter... Read more
With this statement, the ETUC Women’s Committee wishes to express our strong disappointment and deep concern about the... Read more
The Finnish Confederation of Professionals (STTK) joins ILO Global Coalition for Social Justice. The ILO Global Coalition for... Read more
STTK President Antti Palola thinks that Finland must continue to commit itself to building Europe through cooperation. Populist... Read more
The Finnish SAK and STTK labour confederations arranged a mass demonstration protesting against planned Government cuts in employee... Read more
Antti Palola, Chairman of the Finnish Confederation of Professionals (STTK) opened the Baltic Sea Trade Union Network’s (BASTUN)... Read more
The labour market reforms proposed by the Government are unreasonable towards employees. If implemented, the Government Programme will... Read more
The European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) is seeking to recruit a full time New General Director of the... Read more
The Government Programme includes several proposals that reduce employees’ rights and livelihood. The proposals concern, among other things,... Read more
A change in attitude is necessary and the responsibility belongs to everyone in the workplace. This shift in... Read more
In its material to the government negotiators, the Ministry of Education and Culture has proposed that international students... Read more
I want to start by thanking Esther, the team and everyone who has works on making this congress... Read more
Managing the green transition has been one of the main topics for discussion during the last years and... Read more
The 2nd of May is the opening day of the Summer Job Helpline, provided jointly by the Central... Read more
The General Council of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has relieved Luca Visentini, who was elected as... Read more
Unions belonging to SAK are intensifying their cooperation in the ongoing collective bargaining round. The reason behind this... Read more
Antti Palola, President of STTK, was elected to the Executive Bureau of the International Trade Union Confederation ITUC.... Read more
After four years, the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) will meet once again in Congress, this time in... Read more
In January 2022, the collective agreements for the technology and chemical industry were agreed for two years, leaving... Read more
Dear EU leaders The soaring cost of food and energy is plunging families across Europe into a cost-of-living... Read more
On 3 October, the nurses’ unions Tehy and Super and the employers’ organisations have accepted the National Conciliator’s... Read more
Since 2005, the Summer Job Helpline has been helping young people doing their summer job. The service is... Read more
The deadlock in nurses’ collective bargaining led to a new law restricting the right to strike and has... Read more
In June, the two nurses’ unions Tehy and Super pulled out of the major municipal sector collective agreement.... Read more
Forestry giant UPM adamantly refuses to engage in collective bargaining with their salaried employees. Since the beginning of... Read more
The summer holiday season is coming to a close in Finland. People return to work and schools have... Read more
Workplaces are rapidly becoming more multicultural even here in Finland. As this is a new situation in many... Read more
As a result of the population’s age structure and the low birth rate, Finland must increase international recruitment... Read more
Lawyer Anu Sajavaara will take up her position as the new National Conciliator on 6 August. The Finnish... Read more
The long quest for a collective agreement in the municipal sector finally resulted in a pay deal. But... Read more
As many as 79 per cent of all people employed work or have worked with a person with... Read more
Collective bargaining in the municipal sector is increasingly becoming more complicated and difficult. All negotiations have failed so... Read more
Nurses’ unions rejected the conciliation committee proposal for a pay deal for the municipal sector. Other unions and... Read more
The Summer Job Helpline, provided jointly by the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions (SAK), Akava and the... Read more
More than 80,000 local government employees strike in ten major Finnish cities 3 – 9 May. In Helsinki,... Read more
The 112 day long strike at paper giant UPM paper and pulp mills has finally ended. Paper began... Read more
Almost 30,000 people may lose their lives at work in the EU over this decade without action to... Read more
21 April 2022 – The BASTUN The BASTUN – Baltic Sea Trade Union Network – condemns the arrest... Read more
Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the international trade union movement has helped Ukraine in various ways: by... Read more
When a union declares a strike, it pays strike pay to its members. Without this benefit and a... Read more