30.10.2013 klo 10.00

Union confederations sign the national wage agreement

All three trade union confederations Akava, SAK and STTK look on the new national agreement for wages and salaries positively given the present severe economic situation. The confederations signed the pact for employment and growth - as it is officially called - on Friday evening 25 October.

21.10.2013 klo 09.10

A hectic week of collective bargaining ahead

The deadline for the national labour market settlement on Friday 25 October at 16.00 is fast approaching, but most of the negotiations at union level are still open. Some negotiations have not even really started.

21.10.2013 klo 09.05

Pam Magazine 16/13: Difficulties in filling the wage gap

What? Negotiations in the facilities services sector are at a standstill because employers thinks there is no money for an earnings development programme. But? The only requirement is what has been agreed on. And we will not compromise on that.

21.10.2013 klo 09.00

Pam Magazine 16/13: Tongue-tied

Employers are dodging payment of the language skills supplement. Text in agreements that seems obvious has to be interpreted in court.

17.10.2013 klo 00.00

SASK support reached more than 180,000 people last year

The development projects coordinated by the Trade Union Solidarity Centre of Finland SASK reached 182,327 people in 2012. A total of 64 projects took place in 49 countries. The number of separate project actions was 2,271.

20.09.2013 klo 10.10

Pam magazine 14/13: Small restaurants are evading their occupational health care duties

If a company has even one employee, this company is obliged to provide occupational health care. But last summer's inspections showed that less than half of the small restaurants in Helsinki's Kallio, Sörnäinen and Lauttasaari neighbourhoods had dealt with this issue properly.

06.09.2013 klo 10.50

Pam Magazine 13/13: Scarcity must be evenly distributed

As expected, the wage agreement will bring moderate increases, but talk about reductions has also abated.The centralised wage agreement, achieved a week ago in negotiations by labour market confederations, is being praised at PAM.

05.09.2013 klo 16.00

Unions are ready for collective bargaining on the basis of the national wage agreement

The fate of the national agreement on wages and salaries is now in the hands of union and employer organisations. They have until 25 October to bargain for new collective agreements within their branches.

02.09.2013 klo 09.55

A comprehensive national wage agreement brings very modest pay rises

The trade union confederations SAK, STTK and Akava reached a central agreement on wages and salaries with the employers organisations on Friday 30 August. The agreement offers a very modest rise in pay across the board over the next two years.

23.08.2013 klo 10.15

Collective agreement negotiations have reached a crucial juncture

Zero wage increases are not an option, says Jaana Ylitalo, Vice President of PAM