Unions belonging to SAK are intensifying their cooperation in the ongoing collective bargaining round. SAK, the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions, says this also entails organisational cooperation if necessary, to reach results in collective bargaining. The reason behind this is the total logjam in private sector collective bargaining as the employers are unwilling to agree to anything before a deal in the technology industry is struck. In practical terms, the announcement of the SAK unions means that they will not leave the Industrial Union to stand alone, though the employers are at the moment negotiating seriously only with it.
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