Year: 2025

Growth cannot be achieved without service sectors – quickly effective reduction of labour taxation at the heart of growth measures

Finland’s economic growth needs to be accelerated through the mid-term review's decisions. Service sector organisations are demanding that the government reduce labour taxation and take measures to improve productivity. Economic growth cannot be achieved without private service sectors which already account for more than half of GDP.

Finnish Commerce Federation: PAM’s new strike announcements jeopardise the already negotiated solutions and delay settlement – Now targeting technical trade and specialty goods trade 

On Friday 28 February 2025, Service Union United PAM announced that it will suspend the negotiations over the Collective Agreement for the Commercial Sector. Today, it has announced two-day strikes in technical trade and specialty goods trade for 20 and 21 March 2025. There have been active collective agreement negotiations since 8 January. Common, important goals that have been prepared for a long time, such as the pay system reform for salespeople, have been reached during the negotiations.