AKT text demands have no cost impact

Employers are out to weaken dramatically oil product and road transport agreements

AKT categorically denies the claims presented by the employer organisation that AKT is out to get a 12 % pay rise.
- AKT “text demands” have no cost impact at all. Employer claims about 6 % cost impact of text changes are simply not true, says AKT president Timo Räty.
Last week, AKT made pay rise proposals only in road tanker and oil product branch negotiations. ALT, Employers’ Federation of Road Transport, had broken the road transport negotiations off without any explanation already before this.
AKT pay rise proposal included two dates for pay rises. – The pay rise proposal for the spring follows the general line and is 1,5 %. The autumn pay rise proposal is equally 1,5 % in order compensate for wage lag and wage drift. Concerning wages, our proposal was well in line with our traditional approach. Even the employers have agreed that agreements may include a pay rise both in the spring and in the autumn, says Mr Räty.

Dramatic deterioration

In the negotiations, the Employers’ Federation of Road Transport ALT made proposals that would weaken the agreement in a dramatic way. The employer would like, among other things, change the pekkas system (reduction of working time). According to the employers’ proposal, one half of the days-off would be compensated for with money or by giving time off an hour for an hour. Also the employer would like to open up the 2-week period and get rid of the working hour system.

The settling of the dispute will begin on Tuesday, Feb. 9, under the leadership of the National Conciliator. In case negotiations will not result in an agreement on new working conditions, industrial action will launched on Sunday, Feb 22 at 6.00 p.m.

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