Flight leaders warned the stoppage of a series of two – hour strikes once a week for so long, until the agreement was born

The work stoppage began on 4. January, at 15 o’clock and lasts a couple of hours. After this work stoppage is repeated weekly every Thursday.The strike series would start at the beginning of January. Ismo Pekkarinen / AOP

air traffic controllers ‘ collective bargaining employer ANS Finland are broken. The Finnish air traffic controllers Association SLJY’s board of directors has decided on the stoppage of the implementation of 4.1.2019 at 15 from.

the work stoppage ends 4.1.2019 at 17. After this work stoppage is repeated weekly every Thursday at 13-15, until the collective agreement negotiations, the parties reach the negotiations.

the Negotiations from 2017 onwards

Finnish air traffic controllers Association SLJY is very disappointed ANS Finland for a long time the TES-negotiations situation.

– our Employer of the ANS in Finland, as well as Service sector Employers Palta have not demonstrated any desire to agree on terms, even if negotiations have taken place in 2017 since the autumn. In order to reach genuinely to negotiate and agree on terms of employment SLJY is forced to give collective notifications. We apologize to passengers caused concern and we hope the situation will be resolved by negotiations, said the SLJY:the president Roy Myrberg .

the flight leaders are willing to make a general line in accordance with the contract, but SLJY:no disappointment ANS Finland and Palta did not want this offer, tell SLJY’s chairman, Roy Myrberg.

the Atmosphere in the workplace has been expectant and hopeful, so that the lengthy negotiations would have been completed before christmas. We hoped that the ANS Finland would’ve gotten to start work in the new state the traffic group in such a way that agreements with employees would have been in force, told air traffic controllers steward Catherine Draught .

ANS Finland is inserted in 2019 at the beginning of the state-owned group, which includes the land all the traffic control functions. The establishment of the group company’s name will be Traffic Management in Finland.