L'union fait la force

En Finlande aussi l'heure est au regroupement des forces syndicales, un rapport préconise la fusion de six syndicats couvrant neuf secteurs de l'industrie.

Lyly proposes merger of six industrial trade unions

Helsinki (09.04.2007 - Juhani Artto ) A full merger is the more promising option than either closer cooperation or a model somewhere in between these two options. Thus concludes Lauri Lyly, the director of SAK's bargaining department, who was in December 2006 commissioned by six industrial trade unions to map options for their future relations. The six unions involved are (rank and file members in 2006): The Chemical Workers' Union (47 600), the Electrical Workers' Union (32 300), the Media Union (24 200), the Paper Workers' Union (47 100), the Wood and Allied Workers' Union (45 600) and the Metalworkers' Union (165 500). Lyly proposes that the new union (made up of a coming together of the above), TEAM, as Lyly calls it, would begin to function at the beginning of 2010. TEAM would consist of nine "rather independent" sectors.