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Finland

Finland: Nurses rally against social democratic government’s “forced labor” law

September 23, 2022 Edmund Schluessel, CWI in Finland

Finland’s nurses are outraged at government plans to take away their right to strike as a dispute over salaries continues. Early this month, nurses’ unions, Tehy and SuPer, announced plans to return to strike action […]

Finland

‘Scandal’ over Finland’s prime minister dancing while cuts and militarism are on agenda

September 7, 2022 Edmund Schluessel, CWI in Finland

Once again, Finland’s government receives worldwide attention for the thinnest of reasons. Prime Minister Sanna Marin is at the center of a “scandal” where, essentially, she is accused of having a good time at a […]

Finland

Finland’s NATO membership: A price in blood and treasure

July 13, 2022 Edmund Schluessel, CWI in Finland

Just a day after polls showed that Finland’s public, resigned to but unenthusiastic about NATO membership, overwhelmingly rejected any concessions to Turkey as the price of joining, Finnish President Sauli Niinistö announced an agreement making […]

Finland

Finland: Public sector strikes – still no deal

May 24, 2022 Edmund Schluessel, CWI in Finland

Workers organized in Finnish unions OAJ and JHL, and several smaller unions, concluded a nationwide rolling strike action with a week-long strike that closed schools and disrupted municipal services across the country from 3 to […]

Finland

Finland: Fighting against increase in support for NATO

May 2, 2022 Edmund Schluessel, CWI in Finland

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has caused a rapid spike in the Finnish public’s support for joining NATO. Finland’s right-wing political parties are using the opportunity to rush the country into the military pact; Finland’s […]

Finland

Finland: Anti-fascists block neo-Nazis but met with police repression

December 7, 2021 Edmund Schluessel, CWI in Finland

Thousands, including CWI members and supporters, braved freezing temperatures to join the annual Helsinki Ilman Natseja (“Helsinki Without Nazis”) demonstration on 6 December, with smaller events taking place across Finland. This year, the march organizers […]

Finland

Helsinki tram and metro drivers’ strike against incorporation

September 19, 2021 CWI members in Finland

Two days of strike action were taken on Thursday 16 and Friday 17 September by drivers for Helsinki City Public Transport (HKL Helsingin kaupungin liikennelaitos) in protest against a city council proposal to spin the […]

Finland

Finland: Over 1,000 paper industry jobs threatened

May 8, 2021 Edmund Schluessel, CWI in Finland

Nordic paper and wood products giant, Stora Enso, announced on 20 April that it plans to close two paper mills – the Vesiluoto mill in Kemi, Lapland, and the Kvarnsveden mill in Börlange, central Sweden. […]

Finland

Finland: Spontaneous railway strikes over threats to jobs and working conditions

April 16, 2021 Edmund Schluessel, CWI-Finland

Rail strikes stopped travel in the Finnish capital area on 18-19 March and again on 9 April, as conductors stopped work in separate protests over potential job cuts and imposition of worse working conditions. Tero […]

Finland

Finland: New lockdown but no new ideas coming from government

February 26, 2021 Edmund Schluessel, CWI-Finland

Finland’s government made the surprise announcement of a new lockdown on 25 February in response to spiking rates of COVID infections in the capital region and the dominance in that part of the country of […]

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