Trade Union JHL’s support to the Industrial Union continues: a new handling embargo starting from 3 February

The collective agreement negotiations of the Industrial Union remain deadlocked and have not produced a result that the employees could accept.

Trade Union JHL continues to support the collective agreement negotiations of the Industrial Union and is going to start a new handling embargo to help speed up the negotiations.

The President of the Trade Union for the Public and Welfare Sectors JHL, Håkan Ekström, thanks JHL members who have participated supportive action.

– The members are the trade union. We can only defend the interest of employees when we do it together. The incessant austerity policy of the Government and the continuing inflation are a real problem for employees. There is clearly a need for pay rises in this negotiation round as well, Ekström says.

A handling embargo is lawful industrial action. The embargo concerns agreement sectors for which the Industrial Union has issued a strike warning. JHL’s industrial action will start on Monday 3 February 2025 and end on Saturday 8 February 2025, unless a result is reached in the negotiations before that.

This industrial action will affect cargo handling for example in ports and rail transport. Employees will not load or unload the products of companies that are subject to the industrial action. Transport sector employees may refuse to transport the goods of these companies.

Besides Trade Union JHL, also the Finnish Transport Workers’ Union AKT, the Finnish Seafarers’ Union, Service Union United PAM, the Finnish Construction Trade Union, and the Finnish Electrical Workers´ Union have organised supportive action.

More information:

Håkan Ekström, President of JHL, 040 828 286