Helsinki (30.12.2010 - Juhani Artto) Ann Selin, the President of the Service Union United PAM, has 26 wishes for the New Year. They are as follows.
- More people get a job or place for studying.
- Employees receive a living wage.
- Part-timers get more working hours when they want to have.
- The amount of temporary jobs decreases.
- No temporary and permanent lay-offs.
- Trust between employers and employees improves.
- Management becomes more interactive.
- Employees fare well as the working pace is moderate.
- Working hours are flexible as to the needs of the employees and their families.
- Work shifts are planned well in advance.
- It is pleasant to leave for work.
- The work offers enough challenges and opportunity to learn new things.
- The atmosphere at the work place is supportive.
- It is nice at the work place.
- Everybody feels to be heard and to belong to the working team.
- Everybody are offered in good time the skills and information needed in their work.
- One may influence at the work place things concerning him- or herself.
- Procedures applied at the work place are just and known by everybody.
- One is carefully instructed to the new job.
- Employees are not replaced by trainees.
- Trainees are well instructed.
- Collective agreements are respected and unnecessary disagreements are avoided.
- At the work place everybody follows the commonly approved rules.
- All treat each other equally and appreciate know-how of the others.
- Plenty of young people, and also adults, seek their way to education in the service sector.
- Respect towards service sector vocations rises.
Source: PAM's magazine PAM 20-2010