Negotiations on the working conditions and salary increases for some 35,000 university employees continued on Tuesday, April 8th.
The next meeting between the negotiating parties will take place on Thursday, April 10th.
JUKO, JHL, and Pro, representing university employees, jointly state that the proposals presented by the Finnish Education Employers to weaken the employment conditions of the staff significantly hinder the completion of the negotiations. The matter of salary increases still needs to be negotiated as well.
The university sector has been attempting to agree on a new collective agreement since the beginning of February.
The collective agreement period ended at the end of March, as no negotiation result was reached by the end of the period.
Despite the end of the agreement period, the thirteen universities in Finland and their staff continue to follow the provisions of the previous collective agreement as usual.
University facts 2025
- Collective agreements | Universities’ general collective agreement and the provisions on teacher training schools
- Agreement period | 1st April, 2023 – 31st March, 2025
- Main contractual parties | JUKO, Trade Union Pro, Trade Union for the Public and Welfare Sectors JHL, and Finnish Education Employers
- JUKO’s negotiators | Head of Collective Bargaining Katja Aho (JUKO), University Advisory Board Chair and Executive Director Tarja Niemelä (Finnish Union of University Professors), Special Adviser Hanna Tanskanen (Trade Union of Education, OAJ), Negotiations Manager Petri Toiviainen (Social Science Professionals), and Negotiations Manager Reetta Kuosmanen (The Union of Research Professionals)
What is JUKO?
- JUKO, the Negotiation Organization for Public Sector Professionals, negotiates collective agreements on behalf of, and thus represents, 200,000 members of 35 Akava member unions.
- JUKO bargains collectively on behalf of employees and officials of the municipalities, well-being services counties, the state, universities and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, as well as in Yritysjaosto, the National Gallery and the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health.
- At the workplaces, 3,500 JUKO shop stewards negotiate locally and represent members of all JUKO unions.
- Public sector professionals, supervisors or managerial positions: find your union www.jaseneksi.fi/en
- www.juko.fi
