Outsourcing redundancy is becoming a business
"Transferring business to another company is not a legitimate reason for the new employer to start making people redundant. " Read more
Pro-Press Releases And Flyers
Finnish union confederations: EU has to respect the freedom of collective bargaining
European Commission has intervened in the bargaining procedures in Romania, Greece, Spain, Ireland and Italy and weakened the position of unions. Read more
A new study: How agency labour became accepted practice
Researcher Liisa Lähteenmäki criticises trade unions for being slow to recognise the problems in the status of agency labour. Now unions have noticed, that employers often prefer agency labour to ... Read more
Foreign owners make their presence felt in the Finnish paper industry
"Sometimes it is difficult to deal with the employer, as we have Finnish law and they are going by USA law. This creates differences in views", says shop steward, Timo Pulli. Read more
Trade union confederations critical of sizeable cut in corporate tax rate
The coalition government of Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen has decided to cut the corporate tax rate from the current 24.5 per cent to 20.0 per cent. The three trade union confederations (Akava, SAK, ... Read more
