Finland
The three trade union confederations have agreed to extend the framework agreement reached with employers in 2013. A third-year option was possible and this has now been negotiated with a 0.43% pay increase but with a guaranteed minimum increase of €16 a month for workers on salaries below €3720 a month.
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Public services union ABVAKABO is pleased that the Ministry of Social Affairs has ruled that the childcare collective agreement should be made generally binding. The agreement currently covers 80% of workers in the sector and is negotiated with the Mogroep employers’ organisation. The smaller BKN employers’ association had argued that it should not be covered by the agreement but was overruled. The extension of the agreement will mean higher pay and longer holidays for many employees of BKN companies. [Read more at > ABVAKABO (NL)->http://www.abvakabofnv.nl/cao/bericht/bkn_wel_onder_cao
(January 2017) Trade unions and employers in the private sector have negotiated a two-year cross-sector agreement which is now up for approval by member organisations. The deal includes scope for a pay increase of 1.1% that would be negotiated at sector level but this would come on top of the 2.9% increase arising from the indexation of pay that continues to be applied at national level. The unions believe they have made some progress with the employers on a range of social issues, including early retirement, in stark contrast to the what they see as the negative approach of the government.
