– Trade Union Pro will demand a national collective agreement for technology and planning and consultancy industries in the forthcoming collective agreement negotiations. 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. In an open letter to the company management the employees’ representatives express their concern whether UPM is violating the fundamental rights at work. The salaried employees demand that the terms of their work should be negotiated collectively with Trade Union Pro that represents them.
Finnish forest industry company UPM communicated on Monday 8 February to its employees that in future it will not negotiate collectively the terms of employment for its salaried employees on a local, municipal, workplace- or product group-specific levels. From 2022 onwards negotiations concerning terms and conditions of employment will be conducted solely via individual appraisals, UPM informed.
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.
