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Jarkko Eloranta, the chairperson of the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions (SAK), on Wednesday said the government continues to show no sympathy to the concerns of employees.
YLE on Tuesday reported that around 15 centimetres of snow is forecast to fall in areas on the southern coast of Finland between Tuesday and Wednesday. A political strike, meanwhile, is set to disrupt public transport services in Helsinki, Tampere and Turku starting on Wednesday.
The threat of strikes also hangs over air travel and education, according to Helsingin Sanomat. The Trade Union for the Public and Welfare Sectors (JHL), for example, is expected to provide more details of its strike in the aviation industry on Friday, 19 January.
Support for the Social Democratic Party, the poll indicates, has increased by almost three percentage points since September, giving the opposition party an over three-point advantage over the National Coalition.
The Trade Union for the Public and Welfare Sectors (JHL), the Trade Union Pro and the Industrial Union will all organise walkouts next Thursday.