Networked operating practices and partnerships with service providers have been the key to regeneration and success in especially the metal industries and in many competing paper industry countries.

The same operating models need to be taken into the full use also in the Finnish paper industry.

The Finnish forest industry is a responsible employer

Long-term and permanent employment relationships have been typical for the Finnish forest industry. In the rare cases of lay-offs, employers have often launched voluntary programmes to support employment at factory locations to an extent that is unprecedented in Finland.         

Comprehensive reform of the collective labour agreement would provide more security for the future

A comprehensive reform of the paper industry’s collective labour agreement would help preserve Finnish jobs. The aim is to create an agreement that promotes and enables modern industrial operating practices which support competitiveness.

Enhanced operating practices are a crucial prerequisite to improving corporate investment opportunities in Finland. This would also help ward off abrupt and drastic efficiency-enhancing measures by enabling a controlled and timely adjustment to changes in the operating environment.

When the collective labour agreement provides support for rearranging operating practices, the paper industry will be able to offer well-paid and meaningful employment in Finland also in the future.