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There are now #SeriousGrounds to act against the misery brought on by the Government!
Together with other SAK-affiliated unions, Trade Union JHL opposes the Government’s harsh policy of making cuts. In September, we started the Serious Grounds demonstrations, but the Government hasn’t changed its policy. We’re now forced to defend our members’ terms and conditions of employment and right to unemployment security with strikes and industrial actions.
To find out what’s happening where and when, visit our Serious Grounds page.
1001 OCCUPATIONS

Social welfare and health care sector
The social welfare and health care sector’s professionals work for instance as personal assistants, in child protection, as practical nurses, in health care, in the social welfare and health care sector, and in elderly care.

Catering and cleaning sector
Catering and cleaning sector professionals work in, say, wellbeing services counties, the kitchens of municipalities and joint municipal authorities, schools, day care centres, hospitals and laundries.

Information, administration and library sector
Information, administration and library sector professionals work for the state, wellbeing services counties, municipalities and joint municipal authorities, organisations, and within the private sector’s clerical services and administrative, IT, library and information services.

Pedagogy and education sector
The pedagogy and education sector’s professionals mostly work in schools, within early childhood education and care or youth work, in parishes, vocational schools and special education schools.

Technical, energy and traffic sector
The JHL members in the technical, energy and traffic sector are usually maintenance professionals, facility maintenance employees, electricians, electronics assemblers and tram, bus and metro drivers. This group also includes gravediggers.

Security sector
The security sector’s occupations include emergency centre dispatcher, safety inspector, security guard, firefighter and paramedic.