The negotiation of new collective agreements in Finland appears set to be fraught with difficulty, as demonstrated by recent strikes that have impacted the post office, mail services and, following solidarity strikes, air transport, ports and buses in the country. While agreements have been reached in the post and mail sector, strikes are planned in the metals and chemicals industries.
The conflict began in the postal sector, where negotiations involving post office and sorting workers, as well as delivery staff, failed and led the unions to launch a strike that began on 11 November. The main bone of contention in the discussions was the fate of 700 parcel sorting employees of which the employer (Posti, the post office) decided to change the employment contract, so it would be taken over by its subsidiary Posti Palvelut Oy and therefore be governed by another collective agree
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