Part-time work - 16.10.2018 klo 14.30

Learn how to negotiate extra hours for yourself – support from training and encouragement for discussions

Do you wonder whether extra hours at your workplace should be coming your way or not? Training sessions on entitlement to extra hours are available to part-time workers to increase their knowledge and skills.

Membership - 16.10.2018 klo 09.00

Aliina Reinilä joined PAM and now encourages others to join

Young member’s encouraging example motivates other young people to join, too. ”Trade union provides support and information to those who are entering working life”, 18-year-old Aliina Reinilä explains.

Collective agreement negotiations - 11.10.2018 klo 15.41

The mediation of the industrial conflict in security guarding sector started today

The National Conciliator Vuokko Piekkala started today the mediation process of the industrial conflict between PAM and Service Sector Employers Palta.

10.10.2018 klo 14.00

The dismissal bill dispute escalates - and might get even worse

The dispute over Government efforts to make it easier to dismiss employees in small companies has not abated. Quite the contrary.

Working life - 10.10.2018 klo 11.00

How to get rid of prejudice at work?

We asked four working life experts how to cut down prejudice towards employees with immigrant background in the workplace. Read our survey results below.

Training - 10.10.2018 klo 08.30

Candidate training helps to prepare for congress elections

PAM’s second congress will be held in Helsinki next June. The most important stage prior to that is the congress elections, with the nomination process and training sessions now underway.

09.10.2018 klo 15.00

PAM issues strike warning in security guarding sector

Service Union United PAM today issued a strike warning in the security guarding sector. If it goes ahead, the three-day strike will start on 24 October and end on 26 October. The strike would affect the entire security guarding sector. The collective agreement negotiations for the security guarding sector ended yesterday without a result.

Labour legislation - 09.10.2018 klo 08.40

Micro enterprises also experience above-average numbers of disputes

Making dismissal easier would still be a risk to employees even if the threshold in the draft law were lowered to apply to companies with less than 10 employees. PAM’s statistics show that in these so-called micro enterprises disputes are much more common than on average.

Work conditions - 05.10.2018 klo 10.00

Decent work conditions are not self-evident in Finland – service sectors prone to exploitation

Everybody has the right to decent work and a living wage. Victim Support Finland has produced a new video on decent work conditions which explains workers’ rights in nine languages.

Industrial actions - 03.10.2018 klo 10.03

A restricted strike is ongoing

PAM and four other unions have launched a 24-hour restricted strike.