JohnFeb 28, 2024

#Finland: #unions fight #neoliberal #Thatcher-like attacks on workers and #welfare

https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/finland-mass-workers-strike-wave-continues-against-govt-attacks-workers-unions-welfare

#union #strike #strikes #neoliberalism #Orpo #PetteriOrpo #Teollisuusliitto #AmmattiliittoPro #SEL #SAK #SeriousGrounds #PainavaSyy #Finnair #SectoralBargaining #inequality #capitalism #exploitation #ClassWar

Finland: Mass workers’ strike wave continues against gov’t attacks on workers, unions, welfare

A coordinated string of political strikes brought Finland to a standstill from February 12‒16, when more than 130,000 workers took rolling strike action in response to an array of neoliberal reforms proposed by conservative prime minister Petteri Orpo’s National Coalition government, reports Clive Tillman.

Green Left
Show threadb9AcEDec 14, 2023
Tens of thousands in huge countrywide political strike against the far-right/right-wing government of Finland's planned continuing plans for deteriorations including dismantling of the right to political strikes.
Unfortunately the major media outlets just focus on how horrible it is that public transport is on strike and how to circumvent the strike, instead of doing their job of reporting on the wider strike, while almost ignoring reporting on the reasons why, sooo... here's the #SeriousGrounds strike page from one https://www.pam.fi/en/news-events/serious-grounds/strike/ of the participating unions instead.
Strike - PAM

Why has PAM declared political strikes?  #SeriousGrounds is a cry of alarm from the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions (SAK) and its affiliated unions on behalf of employees and the unemployed.  The Government’s policies create insecurity and out right poverty traps. We are organising political strikes because the Government is already preparing legislation that dramatically […]

PAM
Show threadb9AcENov 7, 2023

The huge wave of political labor strikes against banning political labor strikes and many other deteriorations under the current right/far-right government of Finland began today.

Here's https://yle.fi/a/74-20059017 an article summarizing some of what is happening as told by the English language desk of Public Service broadcaster YLE. Unfortunately that desk has a long history of significant right-wing bias problem, so to balance that you may also want to read the union's own page regarding the strike https://www.sak.fi/en/whats-new/news/sak-we-shall-launch-increasingly-severe-industrial-action in English, even though that one is from November 1 and the list of grounds for the strike at their page https://www.sak.fi/en/serious-grounds #SeriousGrounds.

Workers strike over government labour plans

Unions are gradually stepping up their industrial action over the government's plans to reform labour market laws and cut social benefits.

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JohnOct 11, 2023

http://heikkijokinen.info/en/trade-union-news-from-finland/1987-christmas-came-early-for-employers

#Finland: New government of #RightWing and #FarRight parties moves on to real goal - to undermine #employees' status in #labour laws

#PetteriOrpo #RiikkaPurra #racism #strike #strikes #union #unions #IndustrialUnion #SeriousGrounds #PainavaSyy #WorkersRights #DivideAndRule #Capitalism #Exploitation #Corporations #Fascism #ClassWar

Christmas came early for employers

News about working life and trade union activities from Finland.

misacaseSep 12, 2023

Klikkaile itsesi perille https://www.sak.fi/painava-syy

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#PainavaSyy
#VägandeSkäl
#seriousgrounds

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