Negotiations on the terms of employment in the public sector
Negotiation Organisation for Public Sector Professionals JUKO is currently negotiating the salaries and terms of employment of Akava employees in both the state sector and universities. Negotiations in the municipal sector and the wellbeing services counties sector will also begin soon.
What is the purpose of collective agreement negotiations?
In collective agreements, employee and employer organisations negotiate various working-life provisions that have not been laid down by law. The negotiations include agreements on salary increases and provisions concerning working hours and holidays.
Collective agreements include both qualitative and monetary benefits.
Labour market negotiations are a multi-stage process. The negotiations typically start with the discussion of the qualitative targets and their possible cost effects and are capped off with the salary agreements as part of the whole.
Intensive negotiations with the state this week
Negotiations on the collective agreement covering approximately 80,000 government employees continued on Tuesday, 25 February. The state contract period will end on Friday, 28 February. JUKO’s state sector negotiating committee will meet on Saturday, 1 March, to assess the situation.
JUKO emphasises that, due to savings, fewer employees will be employed by the state in the future. However, the number of tasks has not been reduced. The tasks will become more demanding, which should be reflected in the terms and conditions of employment.
Approximately 42,000 supervisors and professionals belonging to the Akava unions work for the state, of which approximately 2,000 are members of Loimu.
Negotiations continue at universities
Negotiations on the collective agreement covering approximately 35,000 university employees continued on Wednesday, 26 February. The parties had previously met on Tuesday, 11 February. The parties will meet next time on Monday, 3 March. The current agreement will end on 31 March.
Finland has thirteen universities. These universities employ approximately 18,000 Akava members, of whom approximately 2,000 are Loimu members. They work at universities in research, teaching, administration and management tasks typical for Akava members.
Negotiations in the municipal and wellbeing service counties sectors will start soon
Negotiations in the municipal and wellbeing services counties sectors will also begin soon. The current agreements for these sectors will end on 30 April.
JUKO has set common goals for all public-sector negotiations
The members of Akava’s public-sector and publicly funded trade unions are represented in labour market negotiations by JUKO, which is responsible for negotiating and agreeing on the collective agreements of a total of 200,000 members of 35 unions. Read more
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Arja Varis
Advocacy director