{"id":23311,"date":"2026-04-24T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.selry.fi\/?p=23311"},"modified":"2026-04-24T12:01:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T09:01:53","slug":"food-industry-workers-wages-will-rise-2-9-on-1-may-2026-due-to-a-general-wage-increase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.selry.fi\/en\/news\/food-industry-workers-wages-will-rise-2-9-on-1-may-2026-due-to-a-general-wage-increase\/","title":{"rendered":"Food industry workers\u2019 wages will rise 2.9% on 1 May 2026 due to a general wage increase"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-ingressi-font-size\">The wages of all food industry workers will increase by 2.9% on 1 May 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The wages, salaries and salary tables of all food industry workers will be increased by 2.9% by a general increase on 1 May 2026 or at the beginning of the pay period starting after that. The wage increases are general increases which do not include company-specific amounts.<br><br>The current <a href=\"https:\/\/www.selry.fi\/en\/collective-agreements\/\" type=\"page\" id=\"3599\">collective agreements<\/a> for food industry workers are valid until 31 January 2028.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Only as a union member, are you involved in defending and improving your wages and other terms of employment. If food industry employees are not members of SEL, the union has no power to negotiate collective agreements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to the collective agreement, your wages and other terms of employment are much better than what Finnish law requires. For example, wage increases, accrued days off or \u201cpekkaset\u201d, longer paid sick leave, and holiday bonuses are agreed upon only in the collective agreement negotiated by SEL. These benefits do not exist in law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.selry.fi\/en\/news\/10-reasons-to-be-a-member-of-the-union\/\">&gt;&gt; 10 reasons to be a member of the union<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.selry.fi\/en\/join-the-union\/\">&gt;&gt; Join now, if you are not already a SEL member!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.selry.fi\/en\/news\/recruit-a-new-member-to-the-union-you-will-receive-a-e20-gift-card\/\">&gt;&gt; Recruit a new member to the union, you will receive a \u20ac20 gift card!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The wages of all food industry workers will increase by 2.9% on 1 May 2026. 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