{"id":24986,"date":"2026-11-09T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.selry.fi\/?p=24986"},"modified":"2026-11-08T22:38:11","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T20:38:11","slug":"why-are-parliamentary-elections-also-elections-about-terms-of-employment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.selry.fi\/en\/news\/why-are-parliamentary-elections-also-elections-about-terms-of-employment\/","title":{"rendered":"Why are parliamentary elections also elections about terms of employment?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-ingressi-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">We want a government that does not weaken employees\u2019 terms of employment and rights. Stand up for your rights and vote in the parliamentary elections!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Employers want Finland\u2019s next government to weaken your terms of employment for example like this:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1.<\/strong> Companies would be able to decide locally on matters such as working hours, the scheduling of annual leave, overtime pay and Sunday work compensation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2.<\/strong> Companies\u2019 annual leave costs would be reduced, and the timing of annual leave would become more flexible than it is today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>3.<\/strong> Companies would be able to arrange shifts and working hours despite the collective agreements, allowing a working day of up to 10 hours and a working week of up to 48 hours over a six-month reference period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>4.<\/strong> Working hours would be extended by moving the public holidays of Epiphany and Ascension Day to weekends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>5.<\/strong> Statutory overtime pay and Sunday work compensation would be reduced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ingressi-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Is this what you want?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>We do not want this. We want a government that does not weaken employees\u2019 terms of employment and rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We will decide Finland\u2019s direction <a href=\"https:\/\/vaalit.fi\/en\/parliamentary-elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">in the parliamentary elections in April 2027<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ingressi-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Are you with us?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong>1.<\/strong> Will you vote in the 2027 parliamentary elections?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2.<\/strong> Will you vote for a party that does not weaken employees\u2019 rights?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>3.<\/strong> Are you ready to encourage your co-workers to vote for parties that stand on the side of employees?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong>Stand up for your rights! Join a trade union and vote in the parliamentary elections!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.selry.fi\/eduskuntavaalit\">&gt;&gt; Read more in Finnish: www.selry.fi\/eduskuntavaalit<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We want a government that does not weaken employees\u2019 terms of employment and rights. Stand up for your rights and [\u2026] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.selry.fi\/en\/news\/why-are-parliamentary-elections-also-elections-about-terms-of-employment\/\">Lue lis\u00e4\u00e4 &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":24980,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why are parliamentary elections also elections about terms of employment?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.selry.fi\/en\/news\/why-are-parliamentary-elections-also-elections-about-terms-of-employment\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why are parliamentary elections also elections about terms of employment?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We want a government that does not weaken employees\u2019 terms of employment and rights. 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