16.08.2013 klo 00.00

Do you know how you get pension?

Do you know, that you earn pension from all the work you do. Look at the videos The Finnish Centre for Pensions has made.

28.06.2013 klo 11.45

Salary to an account - not in hand

Paying salaries illicitly will soon become more difficult. After the beginning of July, the payment of salaries in envelopes will no longer be allowed; instead, salaries must be paid to the bank accounts indicated by employees.

04.06.2013 klo 09.50

Pam Magazine 9/13: Working conditions in top restaurants brought to light

It is possible to do away with the unpaid overtime work that goes on in the dark corners of restaurants. It requires a restaurateur willing to follow the rules, a vigilant union rep, and employees willing to have their way.

04.06.2013 klo 09.30

Pam Magazine 9/13: Temporary agency workers left hanging at Inex

Inex is only paying incentive bonuses to its own employees at Hakkilankaari in Vantaa.

26.04.2013 klo 13.25

Pam Magazine 7/13: Time to climb out of the foxholes

What? The largest trade union branch in the security industry in Finland runs on female energy. Why? Everyone should find the courage to speak their mind – regardless of gender.

23.04.2013 klo 00.00

SASK campaigns with Amnesty Finland for trade union rights

The Trade union solidarity centre of Finland SASK is campaigning alongside the Finnish section of Amnesty International for trade union rights. The new campaign got underway on Monday 22nd April and focuses on the situation in Colombia.

11.04.2013 klo 15.45

A fixer needed to complete the housekeepers job

Unrealistic room quotas force hotel housekeepers to do sloppy work.

08.03.2013 klo 10.30

Pam Magazine 4/13: A hotel housekeeper's job requires an athlete's fitness

Cleaning a hotel is roughly as demanding as playing a ball game for the whole day. The daily training regime of female marathon runner Leena Puotiniemi is lighter.

08.02.2013 klo 14.25

Pam Magazine: A company in the shadows

A few years ago, a pay claims report submitted to the Helsinki office of Service Union United PAM fell through because the timid employee withdrew the claim.A few other Super Moon Cleaning (SMC) employees were in the process of taking their case to court, with the help of the union, but these cases also came to nothing. How are things at the...

08.02.2013 klo 14.17

Pam Magazine: A Master at School

Zuzeeko Abeng moved to Finland and found work at a school. Now he writes about how he was treated, his attempts to find help and what he learned in the process.