New company-specific collective agreement for TeeSe Botnia Oy helps to secure terms and conditions of employment and limits terminations
JHL emphasises that concluding the new collective agreement was an important proof of the mutual will of the employees, the employer and the trade union to secure the terms and conditions of employment in a difficult situation.
Trade Union JHL and TeeSe Botnia Oy have agreed on a new company-specific collective agreement for the years 2025–2028.
The new collective agreement brings the employees more security and predictability in a situation where a heavy budgetary pressure is weighting on the wellbeing services county as a whole.
The agreement becomes effective retroactively from 1 May 2025, and for structural changes from 1 January 2026.
“The negotiations were difficult because it was necessary to find savings. The alternative would have been moving to the respective generally applicable collective agreements of each sector. That would have meant significantly poorer terms and conditions of employment for the employees. Now we achieved a solution that retains decent terms and conditions of employment, and agreed on pay increases for the coming years. This solution helps to protect the employees’ well-being and jobs,” says JHL’s Bargaining Manager Teppo Järnstedt.
The agreement contains pay increases for the years 2025–2027, experiments on ways to balance work and family life better, and working groups for reforming the pay system and monitoring the agreement. Structural changes become effective on 1 January 2026, which allows a bit more time for adjusting the employees’ day-to-day work.
Budgetary pressures of the wellbeing services county and the city of Vaasa cast a shadow over the situation
JHL reminds that this collective agreement will not solve the biggest problem that plagues the entire sector: the constant and unmanageable savings of wellbeing services counties and cities.
TeeSe Botnia provides cleaning, catering, facility and logistics services in Ostrobothnia.
“The wellbeing services counties are saving themselves into ruin, and the consequences can be seen directly in services and in employees’ day-to-day work. This situation is first and foremost due to the decision-making politicians and the political decisions made in the Vaasa region, and our members have to bear the consequences,” stresses JHL’s Chief Executive Officer Mari Keturi.
JHL emphasises that concluding the new collective agreement was an important proof of the mutual will of the employees, the employer and the trade union to secure the terms and conditions of employment even in a difficult situation.
“This agreement provides stability to day-to-day work and makes it possible to improve working life together. Even though this solution was not easy, it is nevertheless the best possible one for the employees under the circumstances. I want to thank everyone who was involved in the negotiations for their active and responsible work,” Keturi sums up.
More information:
Chief Executive Officer of JHL Mari Keturi, 050 461 9315
Bargaining Manager Teppo Järnstedt, 050 537 2412