News / Strike paralysing Finnish ports extended after talks collapse

Photo: port of Helsinki

The two-week strike by Finnish transport workers that has effectively shut down the country’s ports is set to enter a third week, after union members voted to extend the action until 1 April.

Around 7,000 workers across the transport, industrial and electrical sectors, and including the AKT transport workers union, have been on strike since 11 March in protest at proposed labour reforms by the Finnish government.

A meeting between representatives of SAK, the country’s trade union confederation, and government officials yesterday ...