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New collective agreement for universities: trial on teaching hour caps, salary increases according to general line – strike threat cancelled

The Negotiation Organisation for Public Sector Professionals JUKO has accepted the proposal by National Conciliator Anu Sajavaara to resolve the university labour dispute. Pro and JHL, as well as the employer organization Finnish Education Employers (Sivista), have also accepted the settlement proposal. With the acceptance of the proposal, the 24-hour strike that was to affect …

Settlement proposal in the university collective agreement dispute

National Conciliator Anu Sajavaara has presented a settlement proposal in the university collective agreement dispute on Monday, May 19th. The parties have been asked to respond by Wednesday, May 21st, at 11:00. JUKO’s university negotiation council (yliopistoneuvottelukunta) and board will review the proposal on Tuesday. JUKO will announce its position after the National Conciliator. If …

The mediation of the university labor dispute continued on Wednesday

No agreement on salary increases or teaching hour caps. The collective agreement negotiations for universities have been ongoing for over three months. Under the leadership of the National Conciliator, the labour dispute has been conciliated intensively, but no settlement proposal has been reached yet. The main contentious issues in the negotiations are salary increases and …

Facts about the collective agreement negotiations and conciliation in the university sector

Negotiation period The official negotiation period for the general collective agreement for universities between the negotiating parties ended on March 31st. To find a solution through negotiations, the organisations representing university staff, JUKO, Pro, and JHL, granted an additional three weeks before issuing a strike warning. Conciliation The labour dispute has been conciliated under the …

Blog: It’s time for solutions in the university sector

The Negotiation Organisation for Public Sector Professionals JUKO represents 200,000 Akava members in public and publicly funded sectors. The negotiation organisation is a whole where examples can also be drawn from neighboring sectors. In the municipal and welfare sector, the state, and the church sector, a salary solution in line with the general trend has …

Strike at Tampere University on Wednesday – “We are very concerned about the employer’s goal to remove teaching hour caps for contact teaching from the collective agreement”

The staff of Tampere University went on strike for salary increases and the preservation of teaching hour caps. The 24-hour strike began on Wednesday, May 7th at 00:01 and ends at 23:59. “Our staff has worked tremendously hard in recent years, often under very difficult conditions, for the benefit of the university and the entire …