The strikes declared by the Finnish Paper Workers’ Union begin on Monday morning after failed negotiations with the Finnish Forest Industries Federation. The strikes began at 06:00 or 07:00 in the morning and will last till February 10. Unless an agreement is found, the paper workers’ union will continue with extended strikes beginning of February, which will last until February 17.
The strikes are supported by the Industrial Union and the Trade Union Pro and in total target 110 factories and companies. The strikes include about 9,000 members of the Finnish Paper Workers’ Union and over 6,000 employers who are members of the Industrial Union.
The Finnish Paper Worker’s Union wants to abolish the contract of the so-called kiky (kilpailukykysopimus / competitiveness agreement) hours, which increase the annual working time by 24 hours but the forest industry would like to keep the contract intact. The kiky benefit for the employer amount to about 10 million euros a year.
“This benefit is what the employers want, even if the costs for the strike total to about one billion euros,” the paper union says in a statement.
Here’s a calculation of the losses during the 14-day strike, according to the Statistics of Finland:
Production losses of the entire forest industry could amount to nearly one billion euros during the 14-day strike. The mechanical forest industry strikes could lead to losses of approximately 270 euros million and strikes at the paper, paperboard and pulp factories to losses of approximately 640 million euros.
(The estimates are based on Statistic Finland’s information concerning the value of the industry’s gross production in 2018 on the prevalence of economic good times.)
A two-week strike could cause a loss of about 500 million euros in export earnings. Paper and paperboard products are the most significant export products of Finland, and the overall value of the forest industry export is, based on the statistics of the customs, more than 13 billion euros per year.
According to the forest federation, “the strikes would also cause tax losses for the entire society. The direct tax revenue generated by the forest industry in two weeks is approximately 47 million euros. More losses would be created throughout the value chain since the strike would have an impact on the entire forest sector from timber sales to transports.”
Here’s a list of companies affected by the strikes:
Metsä Board Joutseno
Metsä Board Kaskinen
Metsä Board Kemi
Metsä Board Kyro
Metsä Board Simpele
Metsä Board Tako
Metsä Board Äänekoski
Metsä Fibre Joutsenon sellutehdas
Metsä Fibre Kemin sellutehdas
Metsä Fibre Rauman sellutehdas
Metsä Fibre Äänekosken biotuotetehdas
Metsä Tissue Mänttä
Oy Botnia Mill Service Ab Joutseno
Oy Botnia Mill Service Ab Kemi
Oy Botnia Mill Service Ab Rauma
Oy Botnia Mill Service Ab Äänekoski
Stora Enso Anjala Mill Kartonki
Stora Enso Anjala Mill Paperi
Stora Enso Biomaterials Sunila Pulp Mill
Stora Enso Enocellin tehdas Uimaharju
Stora Enso Heinola Flutingtehdas
Stora Enso Imatran tehtaat / Kaukopää
Stora Enso Imatran tehtaat / Tainionkoski
Stora Enso Metsä
Stora Enso Oulu Oy
Stora Enso Packaging Kristiinankaupunki
Stora Enso Packaging Oy Lahti
Stora Enso Varkauden tehtaat
Stora Enso Veitsiluoto Oy
Efora Oy Heinola
Efora Oy Imatra
Efora Oy Kemi
Efora Oy Oulu
Efora Oy Sunila
Efora Oy Uimaharju
Efora Oy Varkaus
UPM Jokilaakson tehtaat Jämsänkoski
UPM Jokilaakson tehtaat Kaipola
UPM Kaukaan sellutehdas
UPM Kaukas paperitehdas
UPM Kymi paperitehdas
UPM Kymin sellutehdas
UPM Pietarsaaren sellutehdas
UPM Raflatac Tampere
UPM Rauma
UPM Raumacell
UPM Tervasaari
Adara Pakkaus Oy Valkeakoski
BillerudKorsnäs Finland Oy Pietarsaari
Corenso United Oy Ltd Imatran tehdas
Corenso United Oy Ltd Loviisa
Corenso United Oy Ltd Pori
DS Smith Packaging Finland Oy Nummela
DS Smith Packaging Finland Oy Tampere
Jujo Thermal Oy Kauttua
Omya Oy Veitsiluoto
Oy Essity Finland Ab Nokia
Pankakoski Mill Oy
Sappi Finland I Oy Kirkniemi
Schaefer Kalk Finland Oy Kouvola
Sonoco-Alcore Oy Kotka
Tervakoski Oy
Valmet Kauttua Oy
Caverion Suomi Oy Pankakoski
CP Kelco Oy Äänekoski
Empower Oyj Lahti
Insta Automation Oy Tampere
Kemira Chemicals Oy Kouvola
Lakko 10.-17.2.2020
Metsä Board Joutseno
Metsä Board Kaskinen
Metsä Board Kemi
Metsä Board Kyro
Metsä Board Simpele
Metsä Board Tako
Metsä Board Äänekoski
Metsä Fibre Joutsenon sellutehdas (työsulku 10.-12.2.)
Metsä Fibre Kemin sellutehdas
Metsä Fibre Rauman sellutehdas (työsulku 10.-12.2.)
Metsä Fibre Äänekosken biotuotetehdas (työsulku 10.-12.2.)
Metsä Tissue Mänttä
Oy Botnia Mill Service Ab Joutseno (työsulku 10.-12.2.)
Oy Botnia Mill Service Ab Kemi
Oy Botnia Mill Service Ab Rauma (työsulku 10.-12.2.)
Oy Botnia Mill Service Ab Äänekoski (työsulku 10.-12.2.)
Stora Enso Anjala Mill Kartonki
Stora Enso Anjala Mill Paperi
Stora Enso Biomaterials Sunila Pulp Mill (työsulku 10.-12.2.)
Stora Enso Enocellin tehdas Uimaharju (työsulku 10.-12.2.)
Stora Enso Heinola Flutingtehdas
Stora Enso Imatran tehtaat / Kaukopää
Stora Enso Imatran tehtaat / Tainionkoski
Stora Enso Metsä (Sunila/Kotka, työsulku 10.-12.2.)
Stora Enso Oulu Oy
Stora Enso Packaging Kristiinankaupunki
Stora Enso Packaging Oy Lahti
Stora Enso Varkauden tehtaat
Stora Enso Veitsiluoto Oy (työsulku 10.-12.2.)
Efora Oy Heinola
Efora Oy Imatra
Efora Oy Kemi (työsulku 10.-12.2.)
Efora Oy Oulu
Efora Oy Sunila (työsulku 10.-12.2.)
Efora Oy Uimaharju (työsulku 10.-12.2.)
Efora Oy Varkaus
UPM Jokilaakson tehtaat Jämsänkoski (työsulku 10.-12.2.)
UPM Jokilaakson tehtaat Kaipola (työsulku 10.-12.2.)
UPM Kaukaan sellutehdas (työsulku 10.-12.2.)
UPM Kaukas paperitehdas
UPM Kymi paperitehdas
UPM Kymin sellutehdas
UPM Pietarsaaren sellutehdas
UPM Raflatac Tampere
UPM Rauma (työsulku 10.-12.2.)
UPM Raumacell (työsulku 10.-12.2.)
UPM Tervasaari
UPM Lappeenrannan biojalostamo
Adara Pakkaus Oy Valkeakoski
BillerudKorsnäs Finland Oy Pietarsaari
Corenso United Oy Ltd Imatran tehdas
Corenso United Oy Ltd Loviisa (työsulku 10.-12.2.)
Corenso United Oy Ltd Pori
Dongwha Finland Oy
DS Smith Packaging Finland Oy Nummela
DS Smith Packaging Finland Oy Tampere
Jujo Thermal Oy Kauttua
Kotkamills Absorbex Oy
Kotkamills Oy
Mondi Powerflute Oy Kuopio
Omya Oy Veitsiluoto
Oy Essity Finland Ab Nokia
Pankakoski Mill Oy
Sappi Finland I Oy Kirkniemi (työsulku 10.-12.2.)
Schaefer Kalk Finland Oy Kouvola
Sonoco-Alcore Oy Kotka
Tervakoski Oy
Valmet Kauttua Oy
Caverion Suomi Oy Pankakoski
CP Kelco Oy Äänekoski
Empower Oyj Lahti
Insta Automation Oy Tampere
Kemira Chemicals Oy Kouvola
Kraton Chemical Oy Oulu
Maintpartner Oy Oulu
Nouryon Finland Oy Oulu
Solvay Chemicals Finland Oy Voikkaa
Synthomer Finland Oy Oulu
Walki Oy Pietarsaari
Walki Oy Valkeakoski
