Strike at UPM in Finland
April 6 2011 At 6:00 a m today, the salaried employees began the two-week strike at UPM’s units in Finland.
The strike affects the majority of UPM's operations in Finland. However, it does not include UPM's mechanical forest industry, that is, plywood, timber and UPM ProFi businesses, UPM's forestry specialists, senior salaried employees, nor salaried employees of other forestry companies.At UPM in Finland, there are around 1,300 salaried employees working, among others, within the supply chain, and finance and HR.The industry-wide overtime ban by the salaried employees trade union Pro continues, parallel with the strike at UPM.