Helsinki (05.04.2007 – Juhani Artto) Over EUR 700,000. - That’s the amount of money the Finnish Electrical workers’ union was able to secure to some 90 Polish electricians who had worked in Finland for only about EUR5 hourly wages.
The blockade and other means, applied by the union, compelled the Polish company MSB to agree on hourly wages from EUR12.30 to EUR14.00. The agreed wages are based on the collective agreement, applicable for electricians at construction sites.
About EUR 330,000 of the total sum is transferred to the Polish tax and social security authorities. In these days, the union is waiting for confirmation that all the payments both to the electricians and to the various Polish authorities have been completed. First after that the union will end its blockade against the MSB.