The negotiations on the collective agreement for approximately 34,000 university employees continued on 23 March.
JUKO wants to achieve gender-neutral language in agreement texts and an equal amount of paid family leave for each parent. This goal corresponds to the legal reform entering into force on 1 August.
“The universities now have a really good opportunity to appear as family-friendly workplaces,” Katja Aho, head of collective bargaining for the university sector at JUKO, stresses.
The negotiations will continue on 25 March.
The negotiations on the collective agreement for the university sector began on 11 February. The parties previously gave notice to terminate the present agreement, with effect for 31 March.
Negotiations in focus across all our channels!
We will be publishing updates about the collective agreement negotiations on our website, www.juko.fi. Follow us and the conversation on Facebook and Twitter, @JUKOry, using the hashtags #neuvotellen2022 #yliopisto #meolemmeyliopisto. We have content about the negotiations aimed at young adults on our Instagram account, @juko_ry.The Collective Agreement Campaign website, from JUKO and the relevant unions representing university staff, explains the significance and content of the collective agreement to university staff: www.tyoehtosoppa.fi.
| Collective agreements | Universities’ general collective agreement and the teacher training school collective agreement Negotiators | head of collective bargaining Katja Aho (JUKO), university advisory board chairperson and executive director Tarja Niemelä (Finnish Union of University Professors), special adviser Hanna Tanskanen (Trade Union of Education in Finland, OAJ), negotiations manager Petri Toiviainen (Social Science Professionals) and Director of Advocacy Mia Weckman (Finnish Union of University Researchers and Teachers) Main contractual parties | JUKO, Pro Trade Union, the Trade Union for the Public and Welfare Sectors JHL, and Finnish Education EmployersThe universities’ general collective agreement covers an approximate 34,000 employees. |
Why collective agreement negotiations?
The employee unions and employer federation negotiate a collective agreement which contains many labour provisions not found in legislation.They agree in the negotiations on issues such as pay rises, teaching and research employees’ total working time, and working time and annual leave provisions for other specialist staff. The collective agreement sets a base level of contractual terms which can then be improved upon in local, more specific agreements.The collective agreement provides qualitative and monetarily defined benefits. Negotiations typically discuss the qualitative goals and their possible cost impacts first, before turning to agreement on salaries in the final stage.
Contact details
Katja Aho | head of collective bargaining | university sector | +358 50 592 1646 |katja.aho@juko.fi | Twitter @aho_katja @JUKOry
