Metalworkers to suspend negotiations for new collective agreements

Lauri Lyly (left), the president of the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions (SAK), and Sture Fjäder, the chairperson of the Confederation of Unions for Professional and Managerial Staff (Akava), held a joint press conference in Helsinki on 28 February, 2016. The Confederation of Finnish Industries (EK) has drawn the ire of a number of trade unions by announcing its decision to no longer pursue central-level bargaining agreements. The Finnish Metalworkers’ Union (Metalliliitto) on Friday ann...