The Industrial Union has rejected the settlement proposal
The Industrial Union has rejected National Conciliator Anu Sajavaara’s settlement proposal for the labor dispute concerning employees in the technology industry. The settlement proposal was given in an effort to prevent the three-day strikes that threaten to begin on February 1 at 00:00 and on 8 February 2023. The Technology Industry Employers of Finland accepted the settlement proposal.
The first phase of the strikes announced by the Industrial Union concerns 17 companies in the technology industry and the second phase concerns 29 companies in the technology industry. The National Conciliator will evaluate the possibility of and prerequisites for continuing the conciliation.
Trade Union Pro and the Federation of Professional and Managerial Staff YTN also threaten the technology industry with strikes on 8 February. Trade Union Pro has also given notifications of two other strikes.
The settlement proposal included a two-year long contract period
The settlement proposal given by National Conciliator Anu Sajavaara included a salary settlement for both years 2023 and 2024. A local salary settlement would have been the preferred option on both years.
The parties would have committed to reviewing the economic situation and prospects during October 2023. Based on the assessment, both parties would have had the option to terminate the contract. In that case the contract period would have ended on November 30, 2023.
If no local salary settlement would have been found for year 2023, the employees would have been paid a one-time compensation of 250 euros in March 2023, on the normal salary payment day of the workplace. In addition, salaries would have been adjusted no later than on 1 April 2023 or at the start of the pay period beginning soonest thereafter by a general increase of 2,8 % and a company- or workplace-specific element, amounting to 0,7 %.
If no local salary settlement would have been found for year 2024, the salary would have been adjusted no later than on 1 February 2024 or at the start of the pay period beginning soonest thereafter by a general increase of 1,8 % and company- or workplace-specific element, amounting to 0,7 %.
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