Finland -Shop steward fired for instigating illegal walk-outs -November 15, 2014

Jan 21, 2015 - In the middle of ongoing negotiations over a bargaining system, a shop steward at ABB factory in Helsinki was fired for instigating illegal walk-outs. The Metal Workers Union and Swiss based power and automation technology company ABB have been in negotiations over reforms of the company’s bargaining system.

In the middle of ongoing negotiations over a bargaining system, a shop steward at ABB factory in Helsinki was fired for instigating illegal walk-outs. The Metal Workers Union and Swiss based power and automation technology company ABB have been in negotiations over reforms of the company’s bargaining system. The trade union and several media reacted outraged to the dismissal for unwarranted reasons. Two days after the dismissal, the union announced that the case had been resolved, but did not disclose the details of the deal.

English: http://heikkijokinen.info/en/trade-union-news-from-finland/666-dismissal-of ...  


For more information, please contact the editor Jan Cremers, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) cbn-aias@uva.nl or the communications officer at the ETUI, Mariya Nikolova mnikolova@etui.org. For previous issues of the Collective bargaining newsletter please visit http://www.etui.org/E-Newsletters/Collective-bargaining-newsletter. You may find further information on the ETUI at www.etui.org, and on the AIAS at www.uva-aias.net.

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