Some 290,000 workers began two days of strike action to protest against the government's planned labour market reforms and proposed cuts to social welfare. Companies and trade unions said the strikes were expected to halt much of Finland's air traffic, hit oil refinery output and close many shops, factories and kindergartens. According to Jarkko Eloranta, president of the trade union association SAK, “first, the right to strike will be severely restricted, and then tough cuts are pushed through".
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