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Trade Union News from Finland
Tekijä (19.08.2026 - Heikki Jokinen) Employers are once again out to cut Sunday and overtime allowances and reduce public mid-week holidays. The Industrial Union calculates that this could cut a worker's pay by up to 5,400 euros a year.
The Confederation of Finnish Industries EK published their platform for the April 2027 parliamentary elections. Employers demand more flexibility in workplaces. In plain language, this means converting the mid-week public holidays Epiphany and Ascension Day into normal working days.
Another demand is to cut the Sunday and overtime allowances guaranteed by law. Now, work on Sundays or national holidays means 100 per cent higher pay than normal. For overtime, the first two hours allows for a 50 per cent increase, and thereafter 100 per cent. The practical details can be defined in a collective agreement.
Tekijä (19.08.2027 - Heikki Jokinen) Johanna Sandberg from Turku is responsible for the international work at her union branch 437 Turun kemia, and also represents the employees of her workplace in Europe.
Sandberg works at Ursuit, a company producing drysuits for diving and water sports. It is a part of the Belgian Sioen Group, employing 4,500 people in more than 20 countries. For three years, she has been a member of the European Works Council (EWC) of the Sioen Group.
A European Works Council is a statutory cooperative body between European companies and the employees of a company. It is obligatory when a company has at least 1,000 employees in the EU or EEA countries and at least 150 employees in two member states.
Tekijä (19.08.2026 - Heikki Jokinen) The Industrial Union picked out six typical jobs as examples of how much pay would fall if
Sunday and overtime allowances were to disappear entirely. The biggest negative impact would be felt by those doing continuous shift work, the union estimates.
A person working on a hot rolling mill in a continuous shift job would would lose almost 11 per cent in annual income. That amounts to nearly 5,400 euros.
Tekijä (Heikki Jokinen - 10.06.2026) In April 2027, Finland will elect a new parliament. The Industrial Union has now published its goals for the next parliamentary term. It calls for real change in labour, working life and growth policy, for better employment security and balance in the labour market.
Riku Aalto, the Industrial Union chairperson, says that the Government we have now has failed badly.
- The Government’s policy has been extremely short-sighted. They have made a huge number of changes to social security and labour legislation without thinking at all about the impact of such decisions, Aalto says.
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