Finland : Trade unions protest against Finnish employers’ behavior in Baltic countries

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22 February 2006 à 16h18

Updated on 20 March 2013 à 22h22

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Publication: 22 February 2006 à 16h18, Updated on 20 March 2013 à 22h22

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Finland’s major trade union in the private sector, TU (Toimihenkilöunioni), which has 126 000 members, has asked the Finnish management not to use the Baltic model for collective bargaining. (Ref.06171)
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22 February 2006 à 16h18

Updated on 20 March 2013 à 22h22

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This request comes after an expert report pointing to Finnish companies’ strong tendency to sign no collective agreement in their subsidiaries located in neighboring Baltic countries. TU is opposed to this. According to its president, Antti Rinne, Baltic trade unions in these subsidiaries often have to hide or to wait a year for the employer’s response when they ask for the creation of a trade-union section. Anti Rinne says the Finnish management is forbidding trade-unionism in Baltic...

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