Introducing Jukka Pellinen, Chair of the Council of the Finnish Union of University Professors
Jukka Pellinen started as Chair of the Union’s Council on 1 January 2025.
What's New
Conciliation of the university labour dispute began on 24 April
The university labour dispute and the strike threat were conciliated for the first time on 24 April. National Conciliator Anu Sajavaara announced on the messaging service X that conciliation will continue on 29 and 30 April. Negotiations on the collective agreement for the 35,000 university employees have been ongoing intensively since early February, and the…
University labor negotiations stalled – strike notice for Tampere University
No solution has been reached for the collective agreement of 35,000 university employees. Negotiations have been ongoing since early February, and the contract period ended at the end of March. To expedite the negotiations, the Negotiation Organisation for Public Sector Professionals JUKO, the Trade Union for the Public and Welfare Sectors JHL and the Trade…
University staff deserve pay raises in line with the general trend
The high-quality research conducted by university staff and the teaching based on it enable Finland’s competitive development and innovation activities. Teaching at universities is based on research, and as the level of research rises, so does the level of expertise. In the collective agreement negotiations, JUKO aims for general increases that improve purchasing power for…
University collective agreement negotiations hit a wall with teaching hour caps
No agreement has been reached on the collective agreement for some 35,000 employees of universities. The negotiating parties last met on Monday, April 14th. Negotiations have been ongoing intensively since early February, and the contract period ended at the end of March. JUKO’s negotiators state that despite the intensive negotiations, no solutions have been found…
The university collective agreement negotiations did not reach a solution within the deadline
The main contractual parties for employees JUKO, Pro, and JHL, as well as the employers’ Finnish Education Employees (often Sivista in Finnish), did not reach a negotiation result in the university collective agreement negotiations by the end of March. The collective agreement period in universities ended on March 31. Despite the end of the agreement…
Meeting of the Board of the Finnish Union of University Professors, 28 March 2025
The Board of the Finnish Union of University Professors met on 28 March 2025 and, among other things, approved the financial statements to be presented to the Council.
Extraordinary Meeting of the Union Council on 27 March 2025
The Union Council discussed the state of the bargaining for Collective Agreement for State Civil Servants and Employees Under Contract and the state of the negotiations for a new Collective Agreement for Universities.
Meeting of the Board of the Union on 21 March 2025
The Board of the Finnish Union of University Professors met on 21 March 2025 and discussed, among other things, the state of the negotiations for a new collective agreement for universities.
HERSC: We stand in solidarity with American colleagues and students in times of authoritarianism and science denial
The Higher Education Research Standing Committee (HERSC) of ETUCE held its regular meeting in Brussels on 11–12 March. Professor Markku Vieru from the University of Lapland represented Finland and the Finnish Union of University Professors at the meeting. Photo: HERSC US solidarity resolution March 2025; As members of the Higher Education Research Standing Committee (HERSC)…