Trade Union for the Public and Welfare Sectors JHL, Trade Union Jyty and JUKO are declaring a ban on overtime and shift swaps for the municipal sector, in force until further notice, as of 18 April.
Already during the beginning of the year, JHL has received close to 4,500 new employee members. Most of those who have joined work as children’s nurses within early childhood education and care. If you’re not yet a JHL member, join already today!
Trade Union JHL has received an encouraging message of solidarity from the European Federation EPSU. The message offers encouragement for continuing the industrial actions in order to achieve pay raises in the municipal sector.
On Tuesday 5 April, in Helsinki on Senate Square, we'll say out loud that it’s time to lift the municipal sector out of the pay gap. There will be community spirit, two prominent musicians, and you and as many of your friends as possible!
Yesterday, Wednesday 30 March, Trade Union JHL’s Union Council unanimously rejected the conciliation proposal given by National Conciliator Vuokko Piekkala on the municipal sector’s labour dispute. According to the Union Council, the proposal was completely insufficient.
Trade Union JHL has declared a third ban on overtime and shift swaps for the municipal sector. The ban will start on 18 April 2022 at 12.01 am. The purpose of the measure is to speed up the municipal sector’s collective agreement negotiations that are still stuck. See here for instructions on what to do.
The main negotiation organisations of the municipal sector, JAU (comprised of JHL and Jyty) and JUKO, are declaring a third week-long ban on overtime and shift swaps.
This week, JHL’s immigrant project is participating in a campaign against racism and discrimination. We asked our members about the subject and what help they wanted in the face of racism and discrimination.
The municipal sector’s main negotiation organisations representing employees, JUKO (comprised of JHL and Jyty) and JAU, have filed a strike warning concerning the cities of Helsinki, Vantaa, Espoo and Kauniainen to Local Government and County Employers KT, employers’ association Avaintyönantajat Avainta, and to the National Conciliator Vuokko Piekkala.
Trade Union JHL has for a second time declared a ban on overtime and shift swaps for the municipal sector. The ban will start at 12.01 am on 21 March 2022. The purpose of the measure is to speed up the municipal sector’s collective agreement negotiations that are still stuck. See here for instructions on what to do.
The main negotiation organisations of the municipal sector, JAU (comprised of JHL and Jyty) and JUKO, declared a new ban on overtime and shift swaps in the municipal sector. The ban will start on Monday 21 March 2022, and it will be in place until Sunday 27 March 2022. The organisations must resort to the ban on overtime and shift swaps because negotiations in the sector have not been proceeding.
Three e-bikes and five gift cards worth EUR 1,000 were drawn among those who voted in Trade Union JHL’s Union Council elections. We have carried out the draw and contacted the winners personally.
Negotiations on the collective agreements of the municipal sector and wellbeing services counties continued in the National Conciliator’s office on Monday 7 March. The wellbeing...
Trade Union JHL has declared a ban on overtime and shift swaps for the municipal sector. The ban will start at 12.01 am on 7 March 2022. The purpose of the ban is to speed up the collective agreement negotiations that broke down in the municipal sector. See here for instructions on what to do.
The main negotiation organisations of the municipal sector, JAU (comprised of JHL and Jyty) and JUKO, are declaring a ban on overtime and shift swaps in the municipal sector. The ban will start on Monday 7 March 2022, and it will be in place until Sunday 13 March 2022. The purpose of the ban set by the organisations is to speed up the collective agreement negotiations that broke down last Monday.
The highest decision-making power has now been distributed for the next five years in Trade Union JHL. A new Union Council has been elected for the trade union. Voting in the elections ended on Tuesday 1 March.
The negotiations on the state’s terms and conditions of public office and employment ended with success on Monday evening.
In many of JHL’s agreement sectors, the agreement period will come to an end on 28 February. A so-called period without agreement will begin on 1 March in, say, the municipal sector, the Finnish state, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, and in the railway sector. Note that this will not lead to a “Wild West” in terms and conditions of employment.
Trade Union JHL has terminated its cooperation agreement with the company Teboil. Teboil is a subsidiary company of Lukoil, a Russian oil company. Ending the cooperation is a protest to Russia’s military actions in Ukraine.
Friday 18 February is the last day for postal voting in Trade Union JHL's Union Council elections. If you vote by post, mail the voting envelope by tomorrow at the latest. Electronic voting ends at the beginning of March.
After January 31, it hasn’t been possible to make a late order for our 2022 member calendar. JHL member, make sure you’ll get the free-of-charge member calendar next year.
In the elections this February, 120 members will be elected to JHL’s Union Council. The group of candidates represents great diversity, just like JHL's members! Remember to cast your vote, voting will start on 7 February.
There will be a usage interruption in the union’s electronic services on Tuesday 25 January. The interruption will start at 3.30 pm and last the rest of the day.
The actual polling day of Finland’s first county elections is next Sunday, 23 January. You will then have the last chance to make an impact on where you and your loved ones will get health and social services, how far away the nearest fire brigade is located, and what kinds of workplaces the upcoming wellbeing services counties will be.