Finland strikes expected to bring country to standstill
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Hundreds of thousands expected to strike until Friday in response to proposed changes to employees’ rights and benefits cuts
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    Kindergartens, shops, public transport and air traffic control are expected to come to a standstill in Finland this week as hundreds of thousands of people go on strike.

    The wave of stoppages, which started on Wednesday and is expected to continue into Thursday and Friday before further strikes next week, is in protest at the government’s proposed employment changes and social security cuts.

    Up to 300,000 people are expected to join the three days of action – also planned for factories, postal services, preschools, hotels and restaurants – with significant disruption predicted across the country.

    The strikes are in reaction to proposals by Finland’s centre-right government, led by the prime minister, Petteri Orpo of the National Coalition party, to make changes to the labour market.

    These would restrict employees’ rights to strike and prevent the national labour mediator from offering wage increases that exceed those received by export sectors and cuts to unemployment benefits.

    Ulla Liukkunen, a professor of labour law at the University of Helsinki, said the scale of the strike in terms of participation and breadth of sectors signalled “a broad front that is not satisfied with the government’s policy”.

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