Strikes started at most UPM mills in Finland – businesses still seeking to start negotiations with the Paperworkers’ Union
01 Janeiro 2022 - 2:30AM
Strikes started at most UPM mills in Finland – businesses still
seeking to start negotiations with the Paperworkers’ Union
(UPM, Helsinki, 1 January 2022 at 07:30 EET) – Members of the
Paperworkers’ Union, the Finnish Electrical Workers´ Union and the
Trade Union Pro have this morning started strikes at UPM mills in
Jämsänkoski, Kouvola, Lappeenranta, Pietarsaari, Rauma, Tampere and
Valkeakoski. According to the unions, the strikes will continue
until 6 o’clock on 22 January 2022 unless a new collective labour
agreement is reached before that. The Paperworkers’ Union has not
excluded any work from the strike, not even tasks critical to the
society, such as operating and maintenance of water treatment and
power plants.
UPM businesses falling under the strikes are UPM Pulp, UPM
Biofuels, UPM Communication Papers, UPM Specialty Papers and UPM
Raflatac. The strikes do not concern UPM Plywood and UPM Timber,
both of which signed business specific collective agreements with
the Industrial Union in December. Furthermore, UPM Energy operates
as usual, as it complies with the generally applied collective
agreements of the energy industry.
Previous collective agreements between the Finnish Forest
Industries Federation and the Paperworkers’ Union, the Finnish
Electrical Workers´ Union and the Trade Union Pro expired on 31
December and do not have after-effect, as UPM was not a party in
the agreements. Since last spring, UPM has tried to initiate
negotiations with the Paperworkers’ Union with no response. As
there has not been opportunities to discuss terms of employment,
UPM businesses announced temporary terms of labour to the members
of the union in November. These terms are in effect until a new
agreement will be reached.
UPM businesses under the strike will pay additional fixed-term
compensation to those who come to work at mills and do extra work
because of the strike. Together, the regular salaries and the
fixed-term compensation exceed the salary level of the expired
collective agreement.
“UPM’s goal remains the same – we want to negotiate business
specific collective agreements with the Paperworkers’ Union as soon
as possible. The only way forward is through negotiations,” says
Jyrki Hollmén, Vice President,
Labour Markets, UPM.
“UPM businesses differ significantly from each other in terms of
products, production processes, markets and revenue models.
Therefore, it is vital for their competitiveness to make business
specific collective agreements,” Hollmén continues.
Another goal for UPM is to involve a much larger group of people
in the negotiations than before. In addition to the union
representatives and business management, local employee
representatives would also be involved, bringing much-needed
understanding of the business and the everyday work at the mills
into the discussions, as was the case in the negotiations between
The Industrial Union and UPM Plywood and UPM Timber. UPM aims to be
an attractive employer that negotiates win-win agreements enabling
UPM businesses to succeed in the future.
So far, negotiations have begun only in UPM Biofuels, but they
were interrupted by the Paperworkers’ Union just before
Christmas.
UPM will service its customers from its mills located outside of
Finland to the extent possible. At this point, UPM does not
disclose estimates of the economic impacts of the strikes.
For further information please contact:Jyrki
Hollmén, Vice President, Labour Markets, UPM, tel. +358 40 746
3687
UPM, Media Relations Mon-Fri 9:00-16:00 EETtel.
+358 40 588 3284 media@upm.com
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