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TeliaSonera's salaried employees began a two-day strike

Salaried employees of TeliaSonera and its subsidiaries began a two-day strike today 27 at 6 a.m. It will end on Thursday March 28 at 23.59.

TeliaSonera's salaried employees began a two-day strike

Published 26.06.2014 at 14:01
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Salaried employees of TeliaSonera and its subsidiaries began a two-day strike today 27 at 6 a.m. It will end on Thursday March 28 at 23.59.

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All salaried employees of TeliaSonera Finland and its subsidiaries Datainfo and Sergel take part in the strike. The same goes for salaried employees of Manpower Business Solution, GoExcellent Finland North and Teleperformance who are involved with activities concerning TeliaSonera. And the strike also covers agency labour.

Altogether over 2,000 salaried employees participate in the strike. It has brought TeliaSonera's customer services to a halt.

The reason for the strike is TeliaSonera's intolerable personnel policy, which is now longstanding. Employees have been continuously targeted by mandatory
consultations. As a result almost 500 salaried employees have been given notice to date. People have also been forced to change their jobs within the company
and/or compelled to re-apply for their own jobs. The company has subcontracted out a lot of work to private labour agencies and outsourced to foreign countries. In addition, the management continuously nit-picks over rights guaranteed to employees in the collective agreement.

Now the salaried workforce has had enough and wants TeliaSonera to make a credible presentation on the company's future and to put a stop to efforts to maximize profits by cutting back on the workforce. Continuous mandatory consultations, which invariably end in staff cutbacks is not the way forward or the right recipe for improved profitability, for growth or success in the markets. Moreover, these mandatory consultations only serve to make the company more and more wretched, and threaten well-being at work and the health of all employees.

Salaried employees of TeliaSonera and its subsidiaries and subcontractors are rank and file members of the salaried employees' trade union Pro. The Pro Board fully supports the strike.