So, uh. These are some of the plans for a program for the new administration in my country, Finland:
• Employers do not have to pay for the first day of your sick leave.
• Employers may keep workers on temporary 1 year contracts, indefinitely.
• Employers may fire workers for “a valid reason” (yeah, it really is THAT vague)
• Right to strike in solidarity and politically, will be restricted.
• A penalty fee of 200 euros is imposed on the employee for participating in an illegal strike. (And for most of us minimum wage earners, that's a lot of money)
• Local bargaining will be expanded beyond collective union agreements and the shop steward (union rep.) system.
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I hope to gods this is just local tabloids exaggerating things, but I fear it's not.
Thank you sooooo much to my fellow finns who voted to make this bullshit happen.