Trade Union News from Finland
Tekijä (05.03.2025 - Heikki Jokinen) The decision-making process in Finland is based on a democratic state underpinned by the rule of law. According to the principle of separation of powers, law-making, execution of decisions, and juridical power are separated.
Parliament stipulates the laws, decides on the state budget, and oversees the Government's work. Executive power lies with the Government and the President of the Republic. Independent courts represent the judiciary.
All of Finland's 21 wellbeing services counties (hyvinvointialue) and 308 municipalities are under regional control. Each enjoys autonomy. 108 municipalities call themselves cities (kaupunki), 200 municipalities (kunta).
Tekijä (15.01.2025 - Heikki Jokinen) From the beginning of 2025, the municipalities will take care of employment and economic development services. Up until now this has been the responsibility of TE offices, run by the state.
There will be 45 employment areas which will, for the large part, serve several municipalities. Only the local authorities of Lahti, Kouvola, Helsinki and Vantaa will organise this service themselves.
From the point of view of public administration, this is a major change. For the unemployed job-seeker, the reform should not bring any change to vital services.
Tekijä (15.01.2025 - Heikki Jokinen) The state will provide more money to the municipalities for their new employment undertakings. The amount of support will be calculated on the basis of the number of working-age people and unemployed in the municipality in question.
However, the amount to be paid for integration training will be based on the number of people with mother tongues other than the national languages.
As the payment of unemployment benefits is to be transferred to the municipalities, the latter will receive compensation from the state.
Tekijä (11.12.2024 - Heikki Jokinen) Collective bargaining for the technology industry has been going on since September. With no real progress. For this reason, the Industrial Union issued in November the first strike warning for one day strikes in some companies in December.
- It has become clear that we can get no further by negotiating, the Industrial Union president Riku Aalto says, explaining the reason behind the strike warning.
Aalto points out that the strike warning is not only down to disagreement on the pay rise issue.
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