Free summer job advisory service helps young employees in trouble at work
The national labour confederations of Finland (SAK, Akava and STTK) are reopening their summer job information service today,...
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Majority of new MPs are union members
Trade union members are once again well represented among the members of the Finnish parliament. A majority of...
Fragmentation of working life turns organising rate down
The fragmentation and precarisation of working life affects trade union membership, too. According to a new study union...
Lars Bach Jensen: The Danish Green Transition
Lars Bach Jensen, Head of International Energy and Climate Policy, Dansk Industri Being a small and open economy,...
Finnish employee must work 34 days to reach a single day’s pay for CEO
February 18 was the moment at which the average private sector employee earnings of this year surpassed a...
Grave neglect revealed in privatised elderly care – unions demand immediate measures
Gross neglect is thought to be the reason for one death in privatised elderly care and this has...
Labour costs for an employer in Finland 34.2 Euro per hour in 2016
Labour costs in Finland were, on average, 34.2 Euro per hour in 2016, according to Statistics Finland in...
Global change – Just transitions
Speech by Antti Palola ITUC Congress, Copenhagen 2018 Dear congress, dear brothers and sisters. It’s an honour to...
Peace, Democracy and rights
Speech by Antti Palola ITUC Congress, Copenhagen 2018 Dear congress, dear brothers and sisters. We have...