Pro-Press Releases And Flyers
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
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
TeliaSonera's salaried employees began a two-day strike
Salaried employees of TeliaSonera and its subsidiaries began a two-day strike today 27 at 6 a.m. It will end on Thursday March 28 at 23.59. Read more
Pro's Rinne: "Danske Bank is panicking"
– When a financially sound bank opts to give notice to employees it has the effect of precipitating a panic, says Antti Rinne, the President of the salaried employees' trade union Pro. Read more
Production is returned back to Finland from Asia
The return of a bicycle factory from Taiwan to the small Finnish coastal town of Hanko is one part of the emerging reshoring, the return of industrial production back to Europe and the USA. Read more
Trade unions reject a new initiative to cut young people's pay
The Prime Ministers' Office published last Friday a report demanding more low-pay work in Finland. The report is drafted by Juhana Vartiainen, the Director General of the Government Institute for ... Read more
Trade unions reject a new initiative to cut young people's pay
They propose that those under 25 years should receive salaries 20 per cent below what is set out in the collective agreements, with the sweetener of a reduction in the tax rate for those affected. Read more