The amount of unpaid overtime done in a year could employ 20,000 people full-time.

Salaried employees of Stora Enso have a new company-specific collective agreement, which will enter into force from 1 January 2022 until 30 April 2024. The agreement includes a general salary increase as well as an additional increase, which is to be agreed locally. The agreement will also extend the period of full pay for employees on a maternity or paternity leave.

Negotiations over new collective agreement in technology start on Monday 25 October.

Finland needs labour migration. Labour market rules must be strengthened and employee protection developed to ensure that all employees are treated equally.

Questions which may seem harmless in a job interview, can actually break your rights as a jobseeker.

Stora Enso's decision to shut down Veitsiluoto paper mill is a hammer blow to the region's employment, says Trade Union Pro President Jorma Malinen.

UPM’s labour relation policy has reached rock bottom and there is no accountability in it, says Trade Union Pro president Jorma Malinen.

One should remember that industrial peace can only be achieved through collective bargaining, says Pro’s President Jorma Malinen.

Nearly 40 representatives of UPM’s salaried employees feel that the employer has let them down

The staff representatives who participated in the statutory cooperation negotiations of Neste consider the negotiations held in the company to be problematic, even ostensible, considering the magnitude of the change. There is a risk of losing indispensable expertise, production availability and safety.

The Union of Insurance Employees in Finland VvL and Trade Union Pro will merge in the beginning of 2021. The merger will strengthen the sectoral bargaining power and improve membership services.  

ProWeeks are here! ProWeeks is Trade Union Pro’s member recruitment event, which takes place from 21 September until 11 October 2020. During ProWeeks Pro offers various discounts and virtual events to its members – not to mention an opportunity for new members to join Pro for reduced fee! Offers are valid only during the campaign period.

Hundred members comprising Pro’s new representative body were elected for the period of 2020–2024. The names of deputy members will be published by Wednesday 9 September 2020. 

It is time to elect members to our body of representatives, which consists of 100 Pro members with ultimate decision-making power. Use your right to vote and your chance to make a difference by choosing who represents you. 

The coronavirus has raised concerns among workplace employees, experts and supervisors. We have compiled a list of frequently asked questions. 

Finnish Trade Union Confederations and Employers’ Associations have agreed to propose certain amendments on labour legislation due to the Coronavirus and Covid-19.  The proposal includes remarkable changes for the employees and for the companies for a fixed period. Trade Union Pro’s experts will serve you also during the crisis.

Trade Union Pro has made new progress in collective bargaining, being able to close some deals and move forward in other negotiations. The employers are finally ready to negotiate and strike a deal with Pro, after a long period of reluctance to do so.

On 19 February, Trade Union Pro accepted a dispute settlement as the new collective agreement for clerical workers in the paper industry for the period 19 February 2020–31 December 2021. Salaries will increase 3.3 per cent during the period, and the arrangement for unpaid working hours under the competitiveness pact will be discontinued. The three-week work stoppage of paper industry clerical employees and the support strike by port managers have come to an end.

Negotiations on a collective agreement for clerical employees in the paper industry are deadlocked. The employer’s side is offering a significantly poorer contractual solution for paper industry employees than Paperiliitto, the union representing the workers, will accept.

Trade Union Pro accepted the new agreement for white-collar employees in the chemical industry and some other industrial sectors like the footwear, leather and rubber industry. An important step forward for Trade Union Pro was the agreement on a new collective agreement for the white-collar workers in the technology industry. It covers 27,000 employees. The union accepted the agreement on 10 February.

In the recent wave of conflicts, several unions had to resort to industrial action in an attempt to push through their demands for a pay rise and to get rid of the 24 hours of unpaid work (equal to 1.4% of the annual working hours) that were introduced as a part of the national Competitiveness Pact in 2017.

Pro has launched work stoppages on 13 February and on 20 February in the paper industry. The work stoppage for clerical employees in the financial administration sector will begin on 27 February at 0:01 am and end on 4 March at 2020 11.59 pm.

Under the ban on overtime work, workers are prohibited from doing all work outside regular working hours. Such work is, for example, the accumulation of flexitime, actual extra work and overtime work, additional work and overtime related to on-call work outside regular working hours, and work-related travel outside regular working hours.

Trade Union Pro awarded its 2019 equality prize to two companies. The recognition was granted to Nokia Oy for its groundbreaking salary review project. The company went through the salaries of all its employees to identify unjustified pay gaps, and assigned a separate budget for their correction. Ramboll Finland Oy was given the award for its efforts to facilitate the work-life balance of its employees. Ramboll offers paid leave for employees whose children are starting school, amongst other initiatives.