Sakari Laukkanen hopes that everyone would participate equally in the savings talks.
Unusually the long-lasting strikes are starting to show in the activities of entrepreneurs.
The entrepreneur of Teippar, an advertising factory that manufactures industrial signs in Kemi Sakari Laukkanen says that the company issued a layoff warning to the entire staff on Friday.
“Now that the strike seems to be continuing again, at least some of the layoffs will take place next week,” says Laukkanen.
He estimates that two or three employees out of a workforce of eight may have to be laid off.
According to Asiakastieto, the company's turnover was around 830,000 euros in the fiscal year that ended last June.
Central organization of wage earners SAK announced on Wednesday that the political strikes will continue for another week. The strikes, initially planned for two weeks, are now going to last at least four weeks, which is an exceptionally long time for political strikes. The strikes are scheduled to end on April 7.
The employee side opposes the government's reforms, which weaken the employees' strike opportunities. In addition, political strikes oppose, among other things, cuts in social security and the increase of workplace-specific agreements.
At Mainostehdas Teippari, the strike has been reflected in the cancellation of orders and delays in the delivery of materials.
Advertising house the vast majority of customers are industries of various sizes, so the start of the strikes was reflected in the company's lack of orders, Laukkanen says.
According to him, the situation reminds him of the beginning of the corona period in March 2020. Then the phones went silent and a large part of the orders that had already been received were cancelled.
“If it was a total shock, then this has been a slightly milder version of it.”
The strike has also been reflected in delays in the delivery of materials. Some of the materials are already out of the country, says Laukkanen.
The new production equipment ordered from Asia a month and a half ago is also stuck in the port. First, the delivery was delayed for four weeks due to the fighting in the Red Sea. Now the forwarder had announced that the ship could not be unloaded.
“No one can offer an estimate of when the fog will be lifted.”
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The situation reminds Laukkanen of the beginning of the corona era.
A tape measure the employees have been understanding, says Laukkanen. Instead, his understanding of the strikers is more reserved.
“Strikes and industrial action should be allowed, but when you start fighting against a democratically elected government, I personally don't really like it.”
Laukkanen sees that the strike has been sold to the workers with questionable means, such as the claim that the government's actions will lead to three-euro hourly wages in Finland.
“I don't think that we will ever see salaries like that in Finland.”
Sakari Laukkanen hopes above all that the strikes will end.
Galloping says that if the economy is to be fixed, it will require painful measures that affect everyone. He would call the government for industrial peace.
“All employees, pensioners, unemployed and employers should participate in these talks.”
From Laukkanes, the strike begins to look like a power struggle that has taken on disproportionately large proportions.
“If the strikes continue for another week or two, we're certainly talking about billions, what the total costs will be.”
Galloping would like concrete suggestions from the employee's side on how the situation should be handled.
Above all, he hopes that the strikes will end.
“I've been to three different clients to ask if the work we offered could be brought up a little bit earlier so that we wouldn't have to lay off.”
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