The hottest Finnish pulp and paper industry ended

Finland's pulp and paper industry ended the general strike and lost nearly 640million euros in two weeks

release date: Source: Xianji

Finland is a large country in the world of paper making, with pulp production in the forefront of the world, and the paper industry is one of Finland's pillar industries. On February 10, the Finnish paper industry union paperiliitto and the Finnish Forest Industry Federation (ffif) finally reached an agreement on the terms of the new agreement, ending the two-week general strike. It is reported that all parties agree that the average salary of employees in the Finnish paper industry will increase by 3.3%

it is reported that the negotiations between the two sides have been going on for several months, but the progress is slow. There was a short-term strike in the Finnish paper industry last December. On December 11, 2019, about 100000 employees of the industrial union held a three-day strike, and about 4300 workers in the mechanical wood processing industry found themselves locked out. Including UPM, Stora Enso and MetS, the thickness of the test products is 400 μ M polycarbonate film as a substrate, companies including group and versowood have stopped production in more than 30 factories, sawmills and plate mills across the country since December 12, and the strike lasted for six days

since January 27, 2020, the Finnish pulp and paper industry has held a full strike, resulting in the complete paralysis of the industry

the reason for the strike is that the Finnish Forest Industries Federation (ffif), which represents the management, and the Finnish paper workers union (fpwu), which represents the labor, have never reached a new labor negotiation agreement

in addition to salary, another key issue is the trade union's request to cancel the additional free working hours stipulated in the previous agreement. This extra free working time was part of the 2016 competitive advantage plan promoted by the Finnish cabinet at that time, which stipulated that workers would work extra free 24 hours a year. On January 26, Jyrki Hollman, director of labor market at ffif, said that employers "cannot give up the benefits of extra working hours"

therefore, the Finnish paper industry union announced that the ongoing strike, which began on January 27, would be extended for another week until February 24

according to fpwu's estimation, 9000 workers in the pulp and paper industry have participated in a strike for several weeks since 6 a.m. on January 27. In addition, 2300 white-collar workers in the pulp and paper industry have also started a two-week strike, which will close pulp and paper mills across the country. Ffif estimates that the two-week strike may cause pulp and paper mills to lose nearly 640million euros of self-adhesive rubber asphalt waterproof coiled material jc840 (1) 999

the mediator of the Finnish National Mediation Office put forward a mediation proposal to both parties on February 9, and the negotiating parties finally agreed to the proposal. It is reported that all parties agree that the average salary of employees in the Finnish paper industry will increase by 3.3%

the validity of the new collective bargaining agreement is from February 10, 2020 to December 31, 2021. After the negotiation, the employees of UPM, Stora Enso and other Finnish factories of pulp and paper enterprises are gradually returning to work

Finland has the reputation of "forest kingdom", with a forest coverage of 75% and a per capita forest area of 4.5 hectares, making it the country with the largest per capita forest land area in Europe. Finland has a very developed paper industry, and is the second largest paper and paperboard exporter in the world that will not affect the normal operation of the hydraulic system of the universal material testing machine. Finland is the largest pulp producer in Europe, accounting for more than 30%; In terms of paper, it is the second largest paper producer in Europe, accounting for about 15% of the total output in Europe. Paper industry is one of the pillar industries in Finland