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Labour market parties shoot down the Minister’s proposal of income tax cuts to partly replace pay rise

| 15.8.2022

The summer holiday season is coming to a close in Finland. People return to work and schools have...

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STTK Board of Directors: Workplaces still have work to do in stopping racism

Antti Palola | 29.6.2022

As a result of the population’s age structure and the low birth rate, Finland must increase international recruitment...

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Finally, a pay deal for the municipal sector – excluding nurses’ unions

| 13.6.2022

The long quest for a collective agreement in the municipal sector finally resulted in a pay deal. But...

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STTK survey: 80 per cent have positive experiences in working with a person with a foreign background

Taina Vallander | 13.6.2022

As many as 79 per cent of all people employed work or have worked with a person with...

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Municipal sector negotiations deadlocked

| 6.6.2022

Collective bargaining in the municipal sector is increasingly becoming more complicated and difficult. All negotiations have failed so...

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Nurses’ unions say no to the conciliation committee pay deal proposal

| 12.5.2022

Nurses’ unions rejected the conciliation committee proposal for a pay deal for the municipal sector. Other unions and...

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‘The labour rights of young people should be respected to the same extent as those of more senior employees’ – the free Summer Job Helpline provides assistance for summer employees

| 4.5.2022

The Summer Job Helpline, provided jointly by the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions (SAK), Akava and the...

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Local government strike closes schools, daycare centres, museums, public libraries

| 4.5.2022

More than 80,000 local government employees strike in ten major Finnish cities 3 – 9 May. In Helsinki,...

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Strikes continue apace in municipal sector

| 11.4.2022

Short strikes are on the increase in the public municipal services sector. Negotiations to reach collective agreements for...