At the request of the National Conciliator, Minister of Labour Tuula Haatainen has postponed the strikes concerning teachers for two weeks. The new date for the strike concerning the teaching staff of the cities of Jyväskylä and Rovaniemi is 6–7 April and the corresponding strike in Tampere and Kuopio is 12 - 13 April, unless a solution is found before then.
The strike in the municipal sector will be postponed in Jyväskylä and Rovaniemi as well as in Tampere and Kuopio for two weeks. The National Conciliator asked the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment (TEM) to postpone the start of the strikes due to the Matriculation Examination.