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The new contract of universities of applied sciences brings a salary increase on 1 May 2024, which secures the development of purchasing power this year. The general increase is 2.7 percent, and the local instalment is 0.4 percent. There will be no weakening of the terms of the employment conditions.

OAJ's Executive Board decided at its meeting last week to organize a political strike on Wednesday, January 31, 2024. The strike will be carried out in all early childhood education units in the capital region.

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The aim of the university tour is to hear local viewpoints to support national advocacy work and to discuss current topics concerning academic working life with university management. The first shared university tour of the unions was organised two years ago.

OAJ’s representatives negotiated regarding the private social services sector accession protocol earlier this week, and it was approved by the OAJ Executive Board today.

A new collective agreement for the private social services sector. The contract period begins 1 May 2023 and ends 31 December 2025.

The negotiations regarding the private social sector were finalised as the parties were able to agree on a solution.

The mediation did not yield a solution on Tuesday 30 May. The strike affects some of the private daycare centres in Varsinais-Suomi and Uusimaa regions. Also the ban on overtime and shift change continues.

The mediation did not yield a solution on Monday 22 May. The strike affects some of the private daycare centres.

OAJ has given a new notice of strike today to the National Conciliator and Hyvinvointiala ry (Finnish Association of Private Care Providers). The strike threatens private daycare in May 31–June 2.

A new collective agreement has been negotiated for universities. There are two general increases in the first contract year. The increase is 3.5. percent from September 1, 2023, and 2.0 percent from March 1, 2024.

For months now, the City of Helsinki has had problems with salary payment. However, there are still no solutions, and nobody is taking responsibility. The due date for solutions and paying compensation for the damages incurred is now, as trade unions OAJ and JHL will remind in their demonstration today. In a worst-case scenario, the same problems will be faced elsewhere when the City of Vantaa and the wellbeing services counties will adopt the Sarastia system.

The negotiations regarding the private education sector between OAJ and the Finnish Education Employers were finalised as the parties were able to agree on a solution.

The ETUCE special conference was organized on July 5-6. in Liège, Belgium. The conference offered the member organizations an opportunity to gather together to build common goals and think about ways to strengthen the appreciation of the work of teachers and other workers in the education sector.

Master of Law and Dance teacher Katarina Murto is OAJ’s next president. Ms. Murto was elected in the first round of voting at the OAJ Council meeting in Helsinki on 10 May.