PAM’s commerce sector strikes to take place – no prerequisites for an agreement

On Friday 31 January, Service Union United PAM announced massive strikes in the commerce sector. The strikes will particularly target the largest logistics and daily consumer goods trade operators in the commerce sector. The Finnish Commerce Federation has been actively negotiating with PAM under the direction of the National Conciliator since the beginning of February and has sought to find joint solutions to reach a result. However, the parties are still far from a mutual agreement in terms of their objectives. As previously announced, the commerce sector’s strikes will begin on Monday, 17 February.

Negotiations on the Collective Agreement for the Commercial Sector began on Wednesday 8 January. When PAM announced the strikes at the end of January, the negotiations were transferred to the National Conciliator.

In addition to a very high salary increase, PAM has proposed numerous changes to the collective agreement that will increase employer costs. In addition, PAM has demanded significant changes to the collective agreement texts, referring to unfinished legislative processes and their own interpretations thereof.

The Finnish Commerce Federation and PAM have worked closely together throughout the past collective agreement period to renew the pay system for salespeople. This has been an important common goal of the unions since the beginning, and the last open issues have been resolved in negotiations.

“Unfortunately, the major renewal work that has been carried out to improve the sector’s salaries is now at risk of being trampled by the strikes and PAM’s massive new collective agreement demands,” says Labour Market Director Anna Lavikkala of the Finnish Commerce Federation.

The National Conciliator also did not see the prerequisites for submitting a proposal for reconciliation at this stage.

The National Conciliator has invited the Finnish Commerce Federation and PAM to resume mediation on Tuesday, February 18.

For further information, please contact: Anna Lavikkala, Labour Market Director, Finnish Commerce Federation, tel. +358 (0)40 040 6088, anna.lavikkala(at)kauppa.fi

More information concerning the negotiations on the Collective Agreement for the Commercial Sector will also be provided in the Finnish Commerce Federation’s negotiations log.

Specific strikes:

The strikes announced by PAM apply to work in line with the following collective labour agreements:

  • collective agreement for the commercial sector
  • collective agreement protocol for ICT salaried employees in the commercial sector
  • collective agreement protocol for Hankkija-Maatalous sales personnel
  • collective agreement for retail logistics supervisors
  • collective agreement for retail supervisors

The strikes concerning logistics: Monday 17 February 2025 at 5:00 a.m.–Thursday 20 February 2025 at 5:00 a.m. or after the end of a shift that started before 5:00 a.m.

The strike applies to all operations in the following companies:

  • Alfaroc Oy
  • Barona Logistiikkaratkaisut Oy
  • Be Group Oy Ab
  • Broman Logistics Oy
  • Inex Partners Oy
  • KWH Freeze Oy/Ab
  • Meira Nova Oy
  • Onninen Oy
  • Postnord Oy
  • Posti 3PL Etelä-Suomi Oy
  • Posti 3PL Pääkaupunkiseutu Oy
  • Turun Restapersonnel Oy
  • Valionova Tukku- ja logistiikkapalvelut Oy
  • Wihuri Metro-Tukku

The strike also applies to all logistics and office operations in:

  • Kesko Oyj
  • Kokkolan Halpa-Halli Oy
  • Lidl Suomi Ky
  • Tokmanni Oy

The strikes concerning stores: Wednesday 19 February 2025 at 5:00 a.m.–Saturday 22 February 2025 at 5:00 a.m. or after the end of a shift that started before 5:00 a.m.

The strike applies to all operations in the following companies:

  • Etelä-Karjalan Osuuskauppa
  • Etelä-Pohjanmaan Osuuskauppa
  • HOK-Elanto Liiketoiminta Oy
  • kaikki K-citymarketit, K-citymarket kauppiaat, K-supermarketit, K-marketit
  • Koillismaan Osuuskauppa
  • Kymen seudun Osuuskauppa
  • Osuuskauppa Arina
  • Osuuskauppa Hämeenmaa
  • Osuuskauppa Keskimaa
  • Osuuskauppa Keula
  • Osuuskauppa KPO
  • Osuuskauppa Maakunta
  • Osuuskauppa PeeÄssä
  • Osuuskauppa Suur-Savo
  • Osuuskauppa Varuboden – Osla Handelslag
  • Pirkanmaan Osuuskauppa
  • Pohjois-Karjalan Osuuskauppa
  • Satakunnan Osuuskauppa
  • Suur-Seudun Osuuskauppa
  • Turun Osuuskauppa

The strike also applies to regional terminals, wholesale pickup, and business operations in:

  • Kesko Oyj alueterminaalit ja Kespro noutotukku- ja liiketoiminta

The strike applies to all retail operations in:

  • Kokkolan Halpa-Halli Oy – stores
  • Lidl Suomi Ky – stores
  • Tokmanni Oy – stores
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