Archive Book Shop Donate
MENU
  • Home
  • Around the world ►
    • Africa ►
      • Algeria
      • Burkina Faso
      • Cameroon
      • Central African Republic
      • Chad
      • DR Congo
      • Ghana
      • Guinea
      • Ivory Coast
      • Kenya
      • Liberia
      • Libya
      • Mali
      • Morocco
      • Mozambique
      • Nigeria
      • Rwanda
      • Senegal
      • South Africa
      • Somalia
      • Sudan
      • Swaziland
      • Tunisia
      • Uganda
      • Western Sahara
      • Zimbabwe
    • Americas ►
      • Argentina
      • Bolivia
      • Brazil
      • Canada
      • Chile
      • Costa Rica
      • Cuba
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador
      • Guadeloupe
      • Haiti
      • Honduras
      • Latin America
      • Mexico
      • Nicaragua
      • Peru
      • Paraguay
      • Quebec
      • USA
      • Venezuela
    • Asia ►
      • Afghanistan
      • Bangladesh
      • China
      • Cambodia
      • East Timor
      • Hong Kong
      • India
      • Indonesia
      • Japan
      • Kazakhstan
      • Kyrgyzstan
      • Kashmir
      • Nepal
      • Malaysia
      • Myanmar-Burma
      • North Korea
      • Pakistan
      • Philippines
      • South Korea
      • Sri Lanka
      • Singapore
      • Taiwan
      • Thailand
      • Tibet
      • Uzbekistan
    • Europe ►
      • Austria
      • Balkans
      • Belgium
      • Britain
      • Bosnia
      • Bulgaria
      • Belarus
      • Catalonia
      • Czech Republic
      • Chechenya
      • Cyprus
      • Denmark
      • France
      • Finland
      • Georgia
      • Germany
      • Greece
      • Hungary
      • Ireland North
      • Ireland Republic
      • Italy
      • Iceland
      • Kosova/Kosovo
      • Latvia
      • Lithuania
      • Macedonia
      • Moldova
      • Montenegro
      • Netherlands
      • Norway
      • Portugal
      • Poland
      • Russia
      • Romania
      • Spain
      • Sweden
      • Scotland
      • Serbia
      • Slovakia
      • Ukraine
    • Middle East ►
      • Bahrain
      • Egypt
      • Israel / Palestine
      • Iraq
      • Iran
      • Jordan
      • Kurdistan
      • Lebanon
      • Saudi Arabia
      • Syria
      • Turkey
      • Qatar
      • Yemen
    • Oceania ►
      • Australia
      • New Zealand
      • Papua New Guinea
  • Site Related Links ►
    • Sign Up to become a supporter
    • Banners
    • FAQ Newsletter
    • Privacy Statement
    • About CWI
  • Become a supporter
  • Login
  • CWI-Worldwide
  • Home
  • Around the world
    • Africa
      • Algeria
      • Burkina Faso
      • Cameroon
      • Central African Republic
      • Chad
      • DR Congo
      • Ghana
      • Guinea
      • Ivory Coast
      • Kenya
      • Liberia
      • Libya
      • Mali
      • Morocco
      • Mozambique
      • Nigeria
      • Rwanda
      • Senegal
      • South Africa
      • Somalia
      • Sudan
      • Swaziland
      • Tunisia
      • Uganda
      • Western Sahara
      • Zimbabwe
    • Americas
      • Argentina
      • Bolivia
      • Brazil
      • Canada
      • Chile
      • Costa Rica
      • Cuba
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador
      • Guadeloupe
      • Haiti
      • Honduras
      • Latin America
      • Mexico
      • Nicaragua
      • Peru
      • Paraguay
      • Quebec
      • USA
      • Venezuela
    • Asia
      • Afghanistan
      • Bangladesh
      • China
      • Cambodia
      • East Timor
      • Hong Kong
      • India
      • Indonesia
      • Japan
      • Kazakhstan
      • Kyrgyzstan
      • Kashmir
      • Nepal
      • Malaysia
      • Myanmar-Burma
      • North Korea
      • Pakistan
      • Philippines
      • South Korea
      • Sri Lanka
      • Singapore
      • Taiwan
      • Thailand
      • Tibet
      • Uzbekistan
    • Europe
      • Austria
      • Balkans
      • Belgium
      • Britain
      • Bosnia
      • Bulgaria
      • Belarus
      • Catalonia
      • Czech Republic
      • Chechenya
      • Cyprus
      • Denmark
      • France
      • Finland
      • Georgia
      • Germany
      • Greece
      • Hungary
      • Ireland North
      • Ireland Republic
      • Italy
      • Iceland
      • Kosova/Kosovo
      • Latvia
      • Lithuania
      • Macedonia
      • Moldova
      • Montenegro
      • Netherlands
      • Norway
      • Portugal
      • Poland
      • Russia
      • Romania
      • Spain
      • Sweden
      • Scotland
      • Serbia
      • Slovakia
      • Ukraine
    • Middle East
      • Bahrain
      • Egypt
      • Israel / Palestine
      • Iraq
      • Iran
      • Jordan
      • Kurdistan
      • Lebanon
      • Saudi Arabia
      • Syria
      • Turkey
      • Qatar
      • Yemen
    • Oceania
      • Australia
      • New Zealand
      • Papua New Guinea
  • Site Related Links
    • Sign Up to become a supporter
    • Banners
    • FAQ Newsletter
    • Privacy Statement
    • About CWI
  • Become a supporter
  • Login
  • CWI-Worldwide
Latest:
  • [ July 4, 2025 ] Former Left Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, announces “foundations” of a new party Britain
  • [ July 2, 2025 ] Air pollution: an invisible killer, caused by capitalism Climate Change & Environment
  • [ June 29, 2025 ] Israel–Iran ceasefire: Superficial “victory” projected by Israeli government as bloodbath in Gaza goes on Iran
  • [ June 27, 2025 ] Court adjourns treason trial of #EndBadGovernance protesters as Nigerian government continues delaying tactics Nigeria
  • [ June 26, 2025 ] Sahel military regimes: An end to French domination, without a break with capitalism, will not liberate working people West Africa

Finland

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 […]

Finland

Finland: Happiest country in the world?

January 14, 2021 Edmund Schluessel (CWI in Finland)

Finland has, for the third year in a row, been declared the happiest country in the world in the “World Happiness Report.” Strong unions and a strong welfare state contribute to this ranking, but these […]

Finland

Finland: Viking Line shipping company flounders – Nationalise to save jobs and boost conditions!

September 2, 2020 Edmund Schluessel, CWI in Finland

The well-known shipping company, the Viking Line, employs 3,000 workers and is one of Finland’s 50 biggest companies. It has just announced plans to cut 200 jobs. The company, whose income has fallen by 89% […]

Finland

Finland: IT workers at Suomen Kotidata take strike action over collective bargaining

July 23, 2020 Edmund Schluessel, CWI in Finland

Workers at Jyväskylä-based IT infrastructure company, Suomen Kotidata, walked off the job on Wednesday 22 July, in protest over the company using the wrong collective bargaining agreement. According to IT trade union, PRO, the company […]

Finland

Finland: Covid triumphalism covers austerity betrayal

June 18, 2020 Edmund Schluessel, CWI-Finland

Finland’s ruling Social Democrats are riding high in the polls as the country emerges from the first wave of coronavirus, not untouched, but far less stricken than its neighbors, Sweden and Russia. The Social Democrats […]

Finland

Finland: Thousands march in solidarity with Black Lives Matter

June 5, 2020 Edmund Schluessel, CWI in Finland

On Wednesday over five thousand gathered in Helsinki’s Senate Square on just two days’ notice for a rally in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter mass protests in the United States. The rally, which far […]

Coronavirus

Finland, Sweden, Denmark…Covid 19 and governments’ responses

April 3, 2020 Edmund Schluessel, Sosialistinen Vaihtoehto (CWI in Finland), and Daniel Dyhrberg, Copenhagen

The popular myth about Finland is that of a socialist paradise. It is true that, unlike in other countries in Europe, much of the social-democratic welfare state has been preserved. The coronavirus pandemic, however, has […]

Posts pagination

« 1 2 3 … 5 »

Help to Build the CWI

The CWI relies on the donations from working class people around the world to fund our campaigns.Please donate towards building the CWI.




SEARCH

Categories

Archives

Calendar

July 2025
M T W T F S S
 123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28293031  
« Jun    

Latest Posts

  • Former Left Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, announces “foundations” of a new party
    July 4, 2025
  • Air pollution: an invisible killer, caused by capitalism
    July 2, 2025
  • Israel–Iran ceasefire: Superficial “victory” projected by Israeli government as bloodbath in Gaza goes on
    June 29, 2025
  • Court adjourns treason trial of #EndBadGovernance protesters as Nigerian government continues delaying tactics
    June 27, 2025
  • Sahel military regimes: An end to French domination, without a break with capitalism, will not liberate working people
    June 26, 2025
  • Austria: Sozialistische Offensive hold conference amidst turbulent times
    June 25, 2025
  • New video commemorating the life and ideas of Peter Taaffe 
    June 24, 2025
  • Stop the Israel–Iran war: The showcase bombing of the Iranian state broadcasting building continues -a policy of targeting journalists
    June 23, 2025
  • Socialists in the USA say: “End the war with Iran!”
    June 22, 2025
  • No to US bombing of Iran! For mass action from below to end oppression and the cycle of wars!
    June 22, 2025

CWI- Please inform us if you are reproducing any material from this site.