Members of the JHL public services union in Helsinki will take a day of strike action on 23 September in protest at plans to turn the Palmia municipal company into a corporate enterprise. The union believes that this will pose a threat to the collective agreement and to the wages of those already on the lowest pay rates. JHL is also worried that this is a step towards privatising many of the municipal services provided by Palmia.
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