Finland
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 resignation campaign. In October TEHY gave the employer notice of the resignation of over 12,000 nurses - due to take effect on 20 November 20 - in protest over the low salaries of nurses and other health care personnel. The four-year contract gives TEHY's members pay increases of 22%-28% over the next four years. Job related pay will be increased between €350-€650 per month. Members will also get a lump sum of €270 in December, a-so-called Christmas bonus. The agreement and the pay increases apply only to Tehy's members and it is separate from the municipal collective labour agreement. The separate agreement means TEHY will have its own shop stewards and negotiation practices at local level. A supplementary protocol declares the resignation of over 12,000 TEHY's members cancelled.
