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Result negotiated for university employees early on Sunday — JUKO board to discuss result on Thursday

The negotiations on the universities’ collective agreement achieved a result early on Sunday morning. The outcome of the negotiations affects approximately 34,000 university employees. Now, the governing bodies of the negotiating parties will deliberate the result. The parties to the universities’ collective agreement are JUKO, Pro Trade Union, the Trade Union for the Public and …

No result yet in university collective bargaining: negotiations continue today

The negotiations on the terms of employment of approximately 34,000 university employees have continued intensely this week. The negotiations continued until midnight on Thursday. “Unfortunately, we did not reach a solution by the deadline. All the questions are still open, so we’ll continue negotiating today,” JUKO’s Head of Collective Bargaining for the university sector Katja …

University collective bargaining – JUKO: “The parties are still seeking resolution on several questions”

The negotiations on the collective agreement for approximately 34,000 university employees continued on 30 March. “Several questions are still open. One question of principle is whether the parties are willing enough to implement the family leave reform in the agreement,” JUKO’s Head of Collective Bargaining Katja Aho says. Objectives which are important for JUKO include:• …

Pace picking up in university collective agreement negotiations

The negotiations on the collective agreement for approximately 34,000 university employees continued on Thursday 25 March. “The negotiations are now proceeding to an intense phase in which we begin to thrash out an overall solution,” says Katja Aho, JUKO’s head of collective bargaining for the university sector. Next week, the parties are meeting for negotiations …

University collective agreement negotiations: key goals for text under review

The negotiations on the collective agreement for approximately 34,000 university employees continued on 21 March. On the 21st, the employees’ and employer’s representatives discussed key goals for the text of the agreement held by both parties. – Our views still diverge from each other substantially. We are arranging our collective agreement negotiations by theme this …

Topic of the day in university collective agreement negotiations: remuneration system and fixed-term contracts

The negotiations on the collective agreement for approximately 34,000 university employees continued on 18 March. On the 18th, the parties to the agreement discussed development of the remuneration system and reducing the share of employees on fixed-term contracts. JUKO wants to develop pay and the remuneration system through a longer-term salary programme, remove bottlenecks and …

University negotiations concerning working time continued on Thursday

The negotiations on the collective agreement for approximately 34,000 university employees continued on Thursday 10 March. “We continued discussing the working time figure in the collective agreement, and evaluation of the gender effects of the agreement was also on the table,” says JUKO’s Head of Collective Bargaining Katja Aho. Regarding other specialist staff, JUKO’s goal …

University sector collective agreement negotiations continued on Thursday

The negotiations on the collective agreement for approximately 34,000 university employees continued on Thursday 3 March. “Today we talked about the collective agreement’s working time figures for other staff, and for teaching and research staff,” JUKO Head of Collective Bargaining Katja Aho says. Regarding other specialist staff, JUKO’s goal is for the provisions of the …