Working life - 02.10.2018 klo 13.55

Trade unions did not warm up to the Government’s softened version of the dismissal law

The Government announced that the easing of dismissals would only apply to businesses with less than 10 employees. The trade union movement did not warm up to this and a couple of other concessions.

Strike - 01.10.2018 klo 17.27

The guards are also included in the political strike on Wednesday

PAM has added security guards to the list of work functions and locations, which are participating in the political strike. As follows, the security guards will participate in the political strike on Wednesday.

Politics - 28.09.2018 klo 16.03

General instructions for overtime ban

An overtime ban affecting almost all PAM members is in force from 3 October until 23 October.

Labour legislation - 26.09.2018 klo 13.40

Appeal lodged with the EU against Finland’s generally binding collective agreement system – in Norway generally binding agreements have been extended

PAM rejects the claims cited by the think tank Liberal in its appeal to the European Commission on the legality of the generally binding nature of collective agreements. In Norway generally binding agreements have been extended to cover a total of nine sectors.

Membership - 26.09.2018 klo 08.00

PAM’s web page for the Congress elections is available

In the following Congress elections new decision-makers are elected for the Service Union United PAM. The elected decision-makers will create policy lines for the union’s activities for the next four-year period.

Politics - 24.09.2018 klo 08.43

Government’s proposal would introduce different rules for similar stores

Two stores located side by side on the same street, different legislation. This will be one of the consequences if the government’s proposal on a new dismissal act is approved. PAM’s expert questions the proposal which would make companies and their employees more unequal.

Working life - 22.09.2018 klo 17.00

Restamax starts cooperation negotiations affecting nearly 1,000 employees

Cooperation negotiations affect those nearly 1,000 restaurant workers who were previously employed by Royal Restaurants.

Collective agreement negotiations - 21.09.2018 klo 18.30

The negotiations continued within the security guarding sector

PAM and PALTA returned to the negotiation table early Friday morning 21 September, and the negotiations continued through out the whole day.

Society - 19.09.2018 klo 11.05

Public transport schedules need to suit the needs of night and shift workers

Variable working hours are becoming more common, but public transport services have not kept up. It takes Jori Kainulainen and Tiina Laakso an hour to get to work, although their journeys are very different. Public transport does not work optimally for either of them, if at all.

Industrial action - 18.09.2018 klo 17.00

PAM decides to impose comprehensive overtime ban and other industrial action

The Executive Committee of Service Union United PAM decided to impose an overtime ban applying to all sectors, to start on a date to be announced later. If the Sipilä government does not withdraw its plans to reduce protection against dismissal, PAM will extend the industrial action.