Finland
The JHL public sector reform reports that its involvement in consultations in the municipal sector have been crucial in ensuring that employees terms and conditions have been protected in the restructuring process. There has been a large number of mergers with the number of local authorities reduced from 432 to 342.
Read more at > JHL (FI)
The OAO grouping of public sector unions has said that it supports changes and reform in the public sector but rejects the idea that this has to be done by introducing more private sector methods. The OAO argues that outsourcing and privatisation are not the way forward and that in-house provision of services has to be able to compete on a level playing field. The organisation also said that it is important to maintain a central role for trade unions in determining pay and conditions, particularly to ensure fair pay at local level. [Read more at > OAO (DK)->http://www.oao.dk/index.asp
