Contact information 

Please notice that PAM and Unemployment Fund helplines are experiencing high call volumes especially in the morning. Answers to many questions is found on our web site.

Membership services

 030 100 630 weekdays from  10 am to 2 pm

Employment advice

030 100 625  weekdays 10 am to 2 pm

Unemployment benefit advice 
020 690 211 weekdays from  10 am to 2 pm

Strike pay

PAM’s Executive Committee decides the amount of strike pay paid to striking members of PAM and other trade unions for each strike separately.

Who is strike pay paid to?

  • Strike pay is paid to members of PAM and other trade unions participating in a strike who have registered for the strike. (YTK is not a trade union, therefore YTK members cannot apply for strike pay)
  • You are considered to be a member
    • if you join PAM no later than on the first day of a strike affecting your operating location using the online membership form, by telephone 030 100 600 or at the regional office. If you mail the membership form, it must arrive at PAM no later than on the first strike day – the postmark is not enough.
    • and when your membership fees have been paid.
  • Strike pay is paid to members who would have had a shift of at least 4 hours at the time of the strike and who suffer loss of earnings as a result.
  • Sick pay is claimed using the strike form that is made available on the PAM website on the first day of the strike.

Amount of strike pay

PAM’s Executive Committee decides the amount of strike pay separately for each strike. Strike pay is always paid for a strike day for which there has been loss of earnings. Strike pay is tax-free up to €16, after which tax is withheld.

  • You don’t need to send your tax card to PAM
  • Strike pay is paid within one week

Strike pay and registering for a strike

To get strike pay, you must register for the strike. The form is also the strike pay application form.

The strike pay form is made available on the first day of the strike. 

You need the following information to fill in the strike pay form:
•    your personal identity code
•    your address
•    your account number (in IBAN form)
•    your workplace details

Please apply for strike allowance for all strike days at the same time. Submit your application no later than one month after the strike has ended.

Strike allowance applications are processed within two weeks of their receipt.