18.8.2017Unions demand clear pay rise for the municipal sector
Trade unions representing the municipal sector are seeking a significant pay rise in the next round of collective bargaining. ‘The public sector has already done...
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11.8.2017Proposal for new Working Hours Act would make life more insecure for young families
JHL President Päivi Niemi-Laine says that the Government should abandon its unilateral decision to reform the Working Hours Act. The proposal was presented before the...
8.6.2017Union Council re-elect Päivi Niemi-Laine as JHL President
Päivi Niemi-Laine is to continue as the President of the Trade Union for the Public and Welfare Sectors JHL. The two Chief Executive Officers, Håkan...
8.5.2017Time for cooperation, not for dictating
The last two years have been a continuous struggle for wage and salary earners against the attacks by the Government, says JHL President Päivi Niemi-Laine...
2.5.2017Free summer job advisory service opens on 2 May
The national labour confederations of Finland (SAK, Akava and STTK) are reopening their summer job information service on Tuesday 2 May, providing free telephone and...
27.4.2017Personal assistants deserve their own education
There are at least 25 000 personal assistants currently employed in Finland. They make the daily life of disabled persons easier, work as their hands,...
20.4.2017Trade union members well represented among new municipal councillors
A large number of trade union activists and rank and file members were once again elected onto the municipal councils in the Finnish local elections....
5.4.2017JHL urge people to vote in local elections: municipalities are still important in spite of regional reform
Planned regional reform does not mean municipalities will disappear, says Minna Salminen, JHL Special Adviser of Public Affairs. Municipalities and the regions will have very...
4.4.2017Håkan Ekström announced candidacy for JHL President
Håkan Ekström, current Chief Executive Officer and Vice President of JHL, informed on Monday 3 April that he is running for President of the Trade...
3.4.2017JHL Union Council elections are over, new Council takes office in June
Helsinki (31.3.2017 – Heikki Jokinen) The Social Democrats gained two new seats in the Union Council elections of the Trade Union for the Public and...
17.3.2017Niemi-Laine asked to continue as JHL President
Päivi Niemi-Laine is willing to continue as JHL President. A group of JHL activists asked her to put herself forward as a candidate and she...
28.2.2017New forms of advocacy for personal assistants
Finnish legislation stipulates that municipalities have the responsibility to provide personal assistance for seriously disabled people. There are between 25,000 – 30,000 personal assistants currently...
24.2.2017The role of municipalities will remain strong in promoting wellbeing and health
Even though health and social services are to be handed over to the new regional bodies municipalities will continue to play a major role in...
3.2.20171,176 candidates for the JHL Union Council elections
The new JHL Union Council will be elected by direct ballot between 13.3. and 29.3.2017. The last date to enrol candidates for the election was...
24.1.2017JHL attracted 11,000 new members in 2016
Some 11,000 new members joined the Trade Union for the Public and Welfare Sectors JHL in the year 2016. With its 220 000 members JHL...
21.12.2016Police resources should be guaranteed by law
The minimum number of policemen should be defined by law, according to the Trade Union for the Public and Welfare Sectors JHL. The Union encourages...
19.12.2016JHL as an investor: Ecology and return on investment go hand in hand
The Trade Union for the Public and Welfare Sectors JHL prefers to invest in companies with as small a carbon footprint as possible. But the...
1.12.2016The year 2017 will bring many challenges for JHL
The main goal of JHL in the year 2017 is to guarantee the Union’s ability to carry out its basic tasks effectively, the Union Council...
18.11.2016JHL opposed to low paid work market in Finland
JHL came out strongly against proposals to create a low paid work market in Finland. This has been proposed by some politicians and business leaders...
27.10.2016JHL approach local government decision makers with thoughts about outsourcing services
More than one hundred Finnish municipalities have been taking back some of their outsourced services, according to the Trade Union for the Public and Welfare...
7.10.2016No to new cuts in unemployment benefits
JHL is concerned about the Finnish Government’s desire to continually cut earnings-related unemployment benefits. By the decision of the Government parties the maximum length of...
28.9.2016Finns march against racism and violent extreme right
The Finnish trade union movement backed demonstration against racism and violent right-wing extremism received widespread support. The demonstration in Helsinki at the end of September...
5.9.2016Niemi-Laine to continue as JHL President
The JHL Union Council elected Päivi Niemi-Laine to continue as the JHL President at the beginning of September. She has been President of JHL since...
25.8.2016JHL: No new cuts to public services in the next three years
No additional cuts to public services within the next three years. This is the core of the greetings JHL is sending to the Government that...