After the new Collective Agreement for Universities entered into force on 21 May 2025, the membership fees of members in universities will return to employer collection, i.e. only the membership fee for May must be taken care of by oneself. N.b. The invoice for May has been mailed as a letter, or if you are…
JUKO, Pro and JHL as well as the Finnish Education Employers (FEE) have approved the conciliation proposal in the universities’ collective bargaining dispute. The strike that threatened the University of Helsinki and the University of Turku on 27 May is cancelled.
National Conciliator Anu Sajavaara has presented a settlement proposal in the university collective agreement dispute on Monday, 19 May. The parties have been asked to respond by Wednesday, 21 May, at 11:00. JUKO’s university negotiation council (yliopistoneuvottelukunta) and board will review the proposal on Tuesday. JUKO will announce its position after the National Conciliator. If…
The Board of the Finnish Union of University Professors met on 16 May 2025 and, among other things, discussed the labour market situation.
The 24-hour strike by JUKO, Pro and JHL at the University of Helsinki and Turku will begin at 00.01 on 27 May and end at 23.59 if no solution is found before then.
In the view of the Finnish Union of University Professors, the Government’s public finance plan for 2026–2029 is contradictory. It proposes additional funding for universities’ research and development activities and available student places, but at the same time it proposes significant cuts to the core funding of universities. According to the Union, the emergence of…
No agreement on salary increases or teaching hour caps. The collective agreement negotiations for universities have been ongoing for over three months. Under the leadership of the National Conciliator, the labour dispute has been conciliated intensively, but no settlement proposal has been reached yet. The main contentious issues in the negotiations are salary increases and…
The automatic collection of the membership fees for members of the Finnish Union of University Professors working in universities has been discontinued on 1 May 2025. The collection is suspended at universities for the time being. For this reason, on Wed 14 May, we sent members an invoice with payment reference numbers for taking care…
Negotiation period The official negotiation period for the general collective agreement for universities between the negotiating parties ended on 31 March. To find a solution through negotiations, the organisations representing university staff, JUKO, Pro, and JHL, granted an additional three weeks before issuing a strike warning. Conciliation The labour dispute has been conciliated under the…
The Negotiation Organisation for Public Sector Professionals JUKO, Trade Union Pro, and the Trade Union for the Public and Welfare Sectors JHL have today issued a strike notice for the universities of Helsinki and Turku. The 24-hour strike will begin on 27 May at 00:01 and end at 23:59, if no solution is reached regarding…