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• JHL criticises the State productivity programme for concentrating on job cuts

  6/15/10

  In Finland the State has been running a productivity programme since September 2003. It has been updated a few times and the present programme reaches to the year 2015. The aim of the initial programme was to maintain a balanced State budget in the years to come and to relieve labour shortages when the baby-boom generation retires. At least this was what the architects of the programme reasoned at the beginning. These arguments were also regarded as sound by trade unions.

• JHL has played an active role in largescale local authority reform

  5/26/10

  In Finland, reform of the local authority system has been underway since 2005. And, all through this process, JHL, the largest union in the municipal sector and throughout Finland has actively and successfully defended the rights of all municipal employees. JHL represents some 220,000 employees who mainly work in the public sector.

  
  

• More strikes to go ahead: Employees of the City of Helsinki bus company pile pressure on employer (5/19/10)
• One thousand employees set to strike to protect their company-specific agreement with the City of Helsinki's bus company (5/7/10)
• In Helsinki over 700 bus drivers protest employer's unilateral "agreement shopping" (4/29/10)
• Urgent message delivered to the Helsinki bus drivers on Wednesday (4/28/10)
• Modest pay rises for 88,000 government employees (3/10/10)
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