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Negotiations on universities’ collective agreements continued on Friday: key role of shop stewards in local bargaining stressed

The negotiations on the collective agreement for approximately 34,000 university employees continued on 18 February. “We began discussing the role of shop stewards and the related provisions in the collective agreement,” Katja Aho, head of collective bargaining at JUKO, says. Aho points out that the collective agreement guarantees the universities broad opportunities for bargaining on …

Negotiations on the university collective agreement began on Friday

Negotiations on a new collective agreement have now begun for the university sector. The employees’ and employers’ representatives submitted their negotiating goals at the Akava union’s headquarters in Helsinki on Friday 11 February. At the same time, the parties gave notice for termination of the current collective agreement, effective 31 March. Of the sectors on …