“If you put on the red guard badge, then you can call a punikki a punikki,” wrote Sanna Antikainen, MP for Basic Finns. “Senseless confusion,” acknowledges shop steward Jape Lovén.
Basic Finns have been equating the armbands of the strike guards of the Automotive and Transport Workers Union (AKT) all week to the civil war and the Red Guards, who wore red bands.
“Apparently, the Red Guard is still doing well under the special protection of the Democrats. Both have a Democratic background. If you wear the badge of the Red Guard, then you can call a punikki a punikki”, wrote the member of parliament of the Basic Finns Sanna Antikainen message service in X on Thursday.
The uproar started with Monday's news photos, in which the ACP strike guards in Vuosaari port were carrying red ribbons. The strike that started on Monday will jam the export ports and stop rail freight transport for two weeks. Neste's distribution terminals and, for example, steel mills are also within the scope of the strike.
Pasi Boehm, the chairman of Helsinki stevedoring workers, attached the strike guard's ribbon to Jape Lovén in Vuosaari harbor on Monday morning. Lovén is the main stevedore of stevedores in Finnsteven's Helsinki unit.
One of those carrying a red ribbon was Jape Lovén, who is the chief steward of stevedores in Finnsteven's Helsinki unit. According to him, ACP strike guards have been wearing red ribbons for decades.
“I don't care at all,” says Lové's barking.
“Intelligent confusion from MPs, who should be thinking about something completely different.”
The strike guard must mark himself clearly, and the red ribbon fits well for this, says Lovén. The duty of the strike watchers is to monitor the implementation of the strike and to observe whether there are workers going to work during the strike. He must not block potential commuters.
However, almost all strike guards do not have a red ribbon. They can mark themselves, for example, with a text written on a vest or a note.
The archive photos of HS show the red ribbons of the strike guards over the years and decades:
AKT strike guards Erkki Sakkunen and Esa Luukkonen were photographed at the gate of the Land Transport Center in March 2000 during the car traffic strike.
Chief shop steward Markku Tyry was photographed with strike guards at the gate of Tampere's Kiitolinja in Hervanta in March 2000.
AKT's strike watch was filmed at the Connex Espoo depot in March 2006.
Strike guard Asko Korhonen took photos in front of ABB in Pitäjänmäki in December 2009.
Strike guards from Ammatiliitto Pro were photographed at the gate of the Orio factory in Espoo in December 2019.
Markku Peltola, the chairman of the Tampere region's bus staff association, was photographed at the Nysse depot in Tampere when the AKT strike started a year ago in March.
Raimo Kantonen, who works as the main shop steward in the industrial sector, was photographed at the ay movement's demonstration in February. The demonstration opposed the government's labor market reforms and social security cuts.
Chief shop steward Jape Lovén carried the strike guard's ribbon on Monday when the strike started in the port of Vuosaari.
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