Labour market organisations agree to employment pension reform
The intense negotiations between labour market organisations concerning employment pension reform have ended with many proposed changes to... Read more
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Summer job hotline helped hundreds of young people
Some 550 people have called the hotline that counsels young people working in summer jobs. The service is... Read more
Ukrainian crisis hits Finnish economic growth
The negative impact of the Ukraine crisis on Finland’s economic growth is turning out to be greater than... Read more
Industry unions support building new nuclear power plant
The government decided to grant the Finnish Fennovoima company permission to go ahead with a new minority shareholder... Read more
Pension reform on the door
Labour market organisations are struggling to negotiate a reform of the pension system. The reform aims to ensure... Read more
Outsourcing does not make public services better, Finnish politicians believe
More than half of Finnish politicians believe that outsourcing makes it more difficult to get equal access to... Read more
Finnish politicians ready to defend Nordic welfare model
More than 90 per cent of Finnish politicians expressed a desire to defend the Nordic welfare model in... Read more
Education enhances democracy and civil rights
All the congress themes of ITUC are important. However, STTK, the Finnish confederation of professionals, thinks that education... Read more
Confederations support campaign to reduce use of alcohol and problems created by it
Alcohol results in some two million days of absence from work every year in Finland. The harm caused... Read more