Tekijä (13.11.2024 - Heikki Jokinen) The Orpo-Purra right-wing Government has become involved to an exceptional extent in the workings of the labour market. This is unusual in Finland, where the trade unions and employers' associations have had a wide measure of autonomy to negotiate agreements.
With this new policy, the government has, in fact, made itself a party in labour market issues. This development is not right.
- Labour market issues are becoming politicised. These issues are being put before parliament more and more, which is not a good thing. This diminishes the predictability of the labour market and weakens the possibilities of employees and employers agreeing on matters concerning the issues of their daily life, says Antti Malste, the Head of External Communications in the Industrial Union.
Workers should not take it as given, that future governments will essentially overturn the decisions made now. Right-wing parties trust and believe that even in the future, governments will include men and women who will guarantee that labour legislation will not change in favour of employees, Malste says.
- This means that employees should take better care to ensure that their voice is also strongly heard in parliament.