Conciliation of the university labour dispute continued on 30 April
The university labor dispute and strike threat were mediated on Wednesday, 30 April. The next time the negotiating parties will meet with the National Conciliator Anu Sajavaara is on Friday, 2 May.
In addition to salary increases, the dispute concerns the teaching hour cap stated in the collective agreement, which protects those engaged in teaching and research work at universities from excessive workloads.
Negotiations on the collective agreement for the 35,000 university employees have been ongoing intensively since the beginning of February, and the contract period ended at the end of March.
To expedite the agreement, the employee representatives JUKO, JHL, and Pro have issued a strike warning concerning the University of Tampere.
The 24-hour strike will begin on May 7 at 00:01 and end at 23:59, if no solution is reached regarding the working conditions and salary increases for the staff of Finland’s thirteen universities before then.
A strike threat in the university sector is rare. The last time university staff went on strike was seven years ago at the University of Helsinki.
The general collective agreement for universities is being negotiated by JUKO, the Trade Union Pro, the Trade Union for the Public and Welfare Sectors JHL, and the employer organisation Finnish Education Employers (Sivista).
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