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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Trade Union Pro supports people across Finland and encourages its members to join others from around the world in a ’climate strike’ on 27 September, aiming to draw greater attention to the issue of...
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...
Pro’s collective agreement for salaried employees in the ICT sector expires 31.1.2020 and the negotiations for a new agreement begin at the end of this year. Vidar Hovland, the Policy and Project...
Trade Union Pro member service is closed on Tuesday 4th of June due to staff training.
Trade Union Pro is a member of the Trade Union Solidarity Centre of Finland SASK, which runs several development cooperation projects in Myanmar. Pro interviewed local trade unionists about their...
The summer job advisory service will be open from Thursday 2 May until Friday 30 August. Call 0800 179 279 to contact the advisor between 09.00 and 15.00 on ordinary weekdays. Advice will be available...
On 16 April 2019, the chemical industry’s Safety Award was granted to Nalco Finland Manufacturing, Kraton Chemical and Neste. The prize for educational institutions was awarded to the Chemical...
Trade Union Pro merged with another union, Pardia, at the beginning of this year and the new union has some 120,000 members. The Union is quite balanced between the sexes, in 2017 women comprised 52...
The fragmentation and precarisation of working life affects trade union membership, too. According to a new study union density has declined.
The eventuality of a no-deal Brexit would have consequences for the right of residence of British citizens living in Finland. Finnish Immigration Services recommends British citizens to register their...
Finnish social partners’ A Guide for Better Work is now published in English.
Chemical industry good practice leaflet – The Early Support model is a preventing tool for sick leaves and to tackle potential problems in working ability.
Three Finnish Trade Union Confederations SAK, STTK and AKAVA have informed that the Finnish Government’s new formatting to ease small companies in situations of individual dismissals gives reasonable...
The Finnish Government has in practise ended any tripartite consensus when drafting legislation, according to the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions SAK.
Vuokko Piekkala took up her new post as National Conciliator on the Monday 6 August. Immediately after the Finnish Government appointed her she alarmed the trade unions by her comments to the media...
Why you should join a union? Watch the video and learn more about the Finnish working life.
The workplace week of action aims to raise awareness and engage discussion at national and European level around wage issues, more specifically on pay rises to boost purchasing power and uphold...
The parties reached an agreement on the new collective agreement on the evening before the first three days work stoppage in banks was due to begin
Negotiations surrounding a new collective agreement for the financial services sector remain deadlocked. Trade Union Pro has issued new strike warnings for March and April in a bid to speed up the...
– The EK leaders' talk about union level negotiation rounds and the importance of local agreements are just window-dressing, says Jorma Malinen, president of the Trade Union Pro.
In Indonesia, the trade unions in metal and mining sector have achieved during the three years project 18 000 new members. One of the difficulties is that the workers are afraid to unionize.
– There has already been statements from the Government that the next issues on the list are the generally binding character of collective agreements and making salaries flexible downwards. We are...
– Finance employees in Finland have a right to improve the wage setting model, and address other pressing challenges that finance employees face, such as striking the right work-life balance and...
Trade Union Pro issued an announcement on Tuesday about the commencement of industrial action. The reason for the paper industry’s industrial action is the employers’ unreasonable demands for...
If conciliation of the industrial dispute does not lead to a solution regarding a collective agreement, the first industrial action will start on 28 December 2017 at 6 am and end on 29 December 2017...
Trade Union Pro has reached an agreement for clerical employees in the ICT-sector just before a strike planned to begin on Monday 27 November. The deal covers 12,000 employees working in the...
Palta, the employers organization for service sector businesses and organizations in Finland rejected yesterday the agreement proposal for the continuation of the bargainng process. Because of this...
Trade Union Pro and SASK support organizing in metal and mining sectors in Indonesia. Why should Pro’s members support colleagues on the other side of the world?
Trade Union Pro is building a new comprehensive employment service for all of its members. Union members will soon get a message concerning vacancies via their mobile phone.
Negotiations for the paper industry collective agreement have come to a standstill after the employers' organisation the Finnish Forest Industries Federation offered a zero pay rise to the Paper...
Also foreign employees will get help from the Trade Union Pro.
A new round of collective bargaining has begun. Several major collective agreements are due for renewal this Autumn. The question concerning the level of pay rise is still open.