Negotiations on the renewal of collective conventions in Finland entered a tough phase, mostly in the private sector, while strike notices follow one after the other in a context pushing to more demanding claims. (Ref. 070840.)
The Finnish economic situation is very favourable. On October 8, 2007, the central Bank revised upwards its growth forecasting for this year (to 4.4% as opposed to 3% earlier) and for 2008 (3.1% as opposed to 2.7 %). This improvement incites union organizations to ask for higher wage increases than what was negotiated in the private sector during the first semester. Hence a series of strike notices and other measures aiming at pressuring employers, one branch at a time, and sometimes at company
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