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…
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 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…
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.
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.
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.
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)…
The Board of the Finnish Union of University Professors met on 7 March 2025 and received, among other things, a report on the labour market situation.
The freedom of research guaranteed by the Constitution must not be curtailed. The direction of science must be realised primarily through criticism by the scientific community itself. According to the Union, the wording of the Government’s proposal on the Research Council of Finland has failed in terms of safety, and it should be changed. The…
The Board of the Finnish Union of University Professors met on 14 February 2025 and discussed, among other things, the change negotiations at Åbo Akademi.