Strike at UPM Plywood Mills in Finland Continues as Union Rejects Latest Offer
UPM Plywood and the Industrial Union have failed to reach an agreement on a new employer-specific collective agreement, UPM announced on Sunday.
UPM said that the union today rejected the mediator’s settlement proposal, and the five-week strike at UPM Plywood mills in Finland continues.
The strikes have halted production at UPM Plywood mills in Finland. UPM Plywood mills in Finland employ 1,000 people covered by the collective agreement with the Industrial Union. Production at UPM Plywood’s Otepää mill in Estonia continues as normal.
The overall content of the collective agreement was already agreed in August 2024 and since then the negotiations have focused only on the level of pay increases. UPM Plywood said it has actively sought a solution to the increases, but with no results.
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