Working life - 01.11.2018 klo 14.53

What will your job be like in 15 years?

Futurologist Juha Kaskinen expects that in future knowledge work will become part of all jobs. In service sector professions, awareness of foreign cultures will become increasingly important.

Part-time work - 30.10.2018 klo 15.00

Extra hours have to be offered to present employees before hiring new ones

PAM’s Advisory Services Manager Juha Ojala lists the most important things that any part-time employee should know about entitlement to extra hours.

Industrial actions - 26.10.2018 klo 17.28

PAM suspends industrial action on the weakening of dismissal protection for the time being

SAK Executive Board discussed last week the new Government proposal on amending the dismissal law which includes some elements promoted by the trade unions. These include removing the number of company’s employees from the list of dismissal grounds, shortening the waiting period for unemployment protection and the demand for tripartite...

Collective agreement negotiations - 26.10.2018 klo 13.00

PAM has decided on a new strike in the security guarding sector – targeted to Prevent 360 Turvallisuuspalvelut Oy

The Service Union United PAM has decided on a third strike in the security guarding sector. The strike will be carried out in Prevent 360 Turvallisuuspalvelut Oy and it will start on Friday 9 November at 2 pm and end on Saturday 10 November at midnight. The strike covers all tasks included in the security guarding sector collective agreement of...

Training - 25.10.2018 klo 09.20

Tips from an experienced activist to PAM election candidates: be brave and open

A long-serving PAM activist and an ex-shop steward Sirpa Viitanen recommends PAM Congress election candidates to participate in the election training organised to the candidates by the union.

Politics - 23.10.2018 klo 18.45

Executive Committee of Service Union United PAM decided on further political strikes

The Executive Committee of Service Union United PAM visited Prime Minister Juha Sipilä in his residence Kesäranta on Tuesday. PAM's objective for the meeting was to influence Finland’s Government so that it would not go on with the plans to weaken employees’ protection against unilateral termination in small companies. PAM’s Executive Committee...

Collective agreement negotiations - 23.10.2018 klo 13.00

PAM has decided on a strike that will be carried out in Securitas Oy och Securitas Palvelut Oy

In order to speed up the collective agreement negotiations in the security guarding sector, which has been led by the National Conciliator, Service Union United PAM has decided on a new strike, which will affect Securitas. The strike will start in November.

Collective agreement negotiationos - 22.10.2018 klo 13.06

Strike in the security guarding sector to go ahead – mediation ended without any settlement proposal

The mediation in the security guarding sector ended unsuccessfully today Monday. The National Conciliator Vuokko Piekkala considered that the conditions did not appear to be in place to propose a settlement. Therefore a strike affecting the entire security guarding sector will start in accordance as previously announced on Wednesday 24 October...

Working life - 18.10.2018 klo 14.11

PAM members to join JHL strike

PAM members working at sites affected by the strike announced by JHL and due to start on 22 October will join the strike. They will get strike pay via JHL.

Wages - 17.10.2018 klo 10.23

Wolt has also cut food courier fees

The question of food courier pays surfaced in the summer as Foodora cut the fees paid to food couriers. Now PAM was contacted by a rider of Wolt, their competitor, who revealed that also Wolt had lowered the guaranteed hourly pay last spring.