The Finnish Paperworkers\u2019 Union has informed\u00a0UPM\u00a0that their strike at UPM\u2019s Finnish mills will be extended by three weeks until 12 March 2022, unless new agreements are reached before that. The Paperworkers\u2019 Union\u2019s strike at UPM Pulp, UPM Biofuels, UPM Communication Papers, UPM Specialty Papers and UPM Raflatac units in Finland\u00a0started 1 January 2022. Currently, approximately 200 union members are working in tasks critical to society, such as power plants and water treatment facilities.<\/p>\n
The union simultaneously informed UPM that it is ready to negotiate with UPM businesses. UPM received an invitation to negotiations concerning UPM Pulp on 7 February. \u00a0The invitation indicated that the negotiations would be carried out with the CLA advisory board of the union. The board includes members of other forest products companies which mean that discussions could be conducted on a very general level. Due to anti-trust compliance, genuine negotiations on UPM\u2019s business-specific issues could not be conducted.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is impossible for us to have representatives of our competitors attend our negotiations. Unfortunately, week after week the Paperworkers\u2019 Union seems to be playing for time at the expense of their members and UPM\u2019s businesses. It is clear, that the Union is not ready for business-specific negotiations. This is also reflected in the fact that invitation has been sent to just one of our businesses, the pulp business. To minimise the significant damage caused by the strike, all five negotiation tables need to be opened,\u201d says\u00a0Jyrki Hollm\u00e9n, Vice President, Labour markets, UPM.<\/p>\n
\u201cBusiness-specific collective labour agreements are essential to us. We aim to sign agreements in each of our businesses that enable success well into future, take the needs of local personnel into account, and maintain the excellent wage levels of the industry. Postponing the negotiations has already made it more difficult to achieve these goals,\u201d adds Hollm\u00e9n.<\/p>\n
UPM does not disclose estimates of the economic impacts of the strikes.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Finnish Paperworkers\u2019 Union has informed\u00a0UPM\u00a0that their strike at UPM\u2019s Finnish mills will be extended by three weeks until 12 March 2022, unless new agreements are reached before that. The Paperworkers\u2019 Union\u2019s strike at UPM Pulp, UPM Biofuels, UPM Communication … Continue reading