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 no agreement is reached on employment terms and salary increases before May 27th, a 24-hour strike by JUKO, Pro, and JHL will begin at the University of Helsinki and the University of Turku.
Negotiations on the university collective agreement began at the start of February. Key issues in dispute include salary increases and a teaching hour cap that protects teaching and research staff from excessive workloads.
A total of 35,000 people work at Finland’s thirteen universities.
Up-to-date information on the conciliation can also be found on JUKO’s Facebook (in Finnish).
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
