Unemployment - 21.03.2018 klo 10.30

PAM launches job search service

PAM has launched a job search service for members and anyone interested in working in service sectors. The service provides information on vacancies in service sectors, facilitating members’ job searches.

Work safety - 19.03.2018 klo 13.04

Workplace systems need to be put in order to prevent harassment

Even though the law has prohibited sexual harassment at workplaces for a long time now, it still happens. There are guidelines at workplaces too.

19.03.2018 klo 12.48

The clocks are being adjusted, how does it affect my working hours?

In PAM's Wiki card you will find information about working life for PAM members and replies to the most frequent asked questions regarding your work relationship. Do check how the change into summer time will affect for instance your pay.

Collective agreement negotiations - 19.03.2018 klo 12.36

Collective agreement negotiations continue in several sectors

Negotiations will be held this week on working conditions for employees in call centres, golfing, household appliance services, photo products and bingo halls. The counterparty in all these negotiations is Service Sector Employers Palta.

Working life - 16.03.2018 klo 15.00

Going to work via the temple, so to speak

Rajinder Singh says you shouldn’t work just for the money. Award-winning photographer Meeri Koutaniemi took pictures of Singh at his workplace, Hotel Scandic Park.

Collective agreement negotiations - 12.03.2018 klo 08.37

Collective agreement negotiations continue this week with collective bargaining for smaller sectors

Several collective agreement negotiations are still ongoing. This week there will be negotiations among others on the working conditions of employees covered by the Avecra, amusement and theme park and call centre collective agreements.

Collective agreement - 07.03.2018 klo 09.00

PAM’s Executive Committee approves collective agreements for the retail sector

The settlement increases employees’ individual pay in euro terms. All employees’ monthly pay will increase by 42 euros in each year of the agreement. The agreement improves the position of part-time workers and lays out clearer rules for night work. The employers’ objectives of cuts to Sunday work compensation and supplements did not go through.

Collective agreement negotiations - 05.03.2018 klo 10.00

PAM’s Executive Committee to consider the result of the negotiations in the retail sector on Tuesday

The week gets underway with negotiations on agreements for pharmacies and the small Palta sectors. Most attention will be focused on Tuesday, when PAM’s Executive Committee will adopt a position on the result of the negotiations in the retail sector.

Working life - 02.03.2018 klo 11.40

Portraits 1/4: Maria Opoku-Aikins would feel less lonely if people just spoke to her now and again

Photographer Uwa Iduozeen wanted to show cleaner Maria Opoku-Aikins as a multifaceted human being. At the end of her working day in restaurants in Tampere, Opoku-Aikins returns to the scenery of Ylöjärvi.

28.02.2018 klo 16.21

Conciliation proposal for the facilities services sector approved – cuts aimed for by employers not implemented

The Executive Committee of Service Union United PAM approved the conciliation proposal for the facilities services sector made by National Conciliator Minna Helle. The decision means that the strike threats in the sector are cancelled. The approved conciliation proposal means that employees’ pay will increase by 3.2 per cent over the agreement...