Wednesday's papers: Strikes, fewer traffic cameras, brain exercise
Most morning papers report the start of a three-day strike in the technology and chemical industries, and upcoming labour action in the retail and transport sectors.
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Most morning papers report the start of a three-day strike in the technology and chemical industries, and upcoming labour action in the retail and transport sectors.
Starting on Wednesday, the walkout will affect about 50 companies across the country for three days.
With pay talks stalled in several sectors, Finland may be facing a spate of strikes in industries and retail trade.
Industrial employers will be the first in this round of pay talks to strike a pay bargain. Other Finnish employers have refused to negotiate pay rises until they know the deal agreed by industrial employers.
UPM is citing ‘force majeure’ for its inability to fulfil customer orders due to the strike action crippling its Finnish mills, but unions have rejected this assertion, describing the situation as “a conflict caused by the company pursuing its ideological objectives”.