Finland
The TEHY nurses' union is continuing to build support for the planned mass resignation of nurses on 19 November. So far 13,000 nurses have committed themselves to the protest action, part of TEHY's campaign to secure a higher pay offer from the municipal employers.
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Many nurses in the TEHY trade union are already taking industrial action by banning overtime but if they don't get a response to their pay demands by 19 November thousands are threatening to resign. The nurses are covered by the municipal government collective bargaining arrangements and the other unions involved backed a new collective agreement two weeks ago. However, TEHY is demanding higher pay increases for nurses that the 11% agreed by the other unions. Read more at > YLE new (EN)
Our collective bargaining contact in TEHY, the nurses' and healthcare professionals' union sent us this report: The Executive Council of TEHY - unanimously approved a negotiated pay deal on Monday the 19 November. The agreement was reached late on Sunday 18 November by a mediation board in which both negotiation parties - the employer and TEHY were represented. Also the employer, The Commission for Local Authority Employers (KT) has approved the contract. This averted the industrial action in which about 12,000 nurses and other health care professionals threatened to start a nationwide mass
The mass resignation of hospital doctors, co-ordinated by the LOZ trade union, is still possible following inconclusive talks with the government. The union has a number of key demands including stopping the conversion of public hospitals into joint stock companies, the application of labour code rules on working time and working conditions and pay increases for health staff. Read more at > Slovak Spectator news website (EN)
