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Month: October 2017

UJF on change to unemployment law

30.10.2017 In headlines now, News

The UJF has made a submission to parliament’s Social Affairs and Health Committee on the government draft bill amending the Unemployment Security Act. In the draft bill the government mentions self-employment alongside business activity. The UJF welcomes this, as the creative sectors not only comprise salaried work or business activity but also self-employment of manyRead More

Freelancers earned on average €2 016 last year

30.10.2017 In headlines now, News

Figures from the latest labour market survey on the situation of freelancers shows that average freelance taxable earnings were €24 200, or about €2 016 a month. Overall billing was on average €33 200. Freelancers’ gross invoicing has increased on average by just €200 since 2002. The biannual TNS Gallup labour market survey charts theRead More

Taking journalism from the hands of corporations

16.10.2017 In headlines now, News

Linus Atarah P.Sainath is a widely known Indian writer and journalist, author of the worldwide acclaimed, book, Everybody Loves a Good drought, for which he travelled widely all over rural India. Later he worked as the Rural Editor of The Hindu newspaper. He observed that all the rich diversity of life in the rural area,Read More

UJF: Ayla Albayrak’s conviction by Turkish court must be overturned

11.10.2017 In headlines now, News

A Turkish court has sentenced Wall Street Journal reporter Ayla Albayrak, a dual citizen of Finland and Turkey, to jail for two years and one month for working in the Kurdish region of Turkey. According to the verdict, Albayrak is guilty of having produced terrorist propaganda in an article she wrote that was published byRead More

Hanne Aho: Finnish News Agency needs urgent government assistance

4.10.2017 In headlines now, News

The serious financial straits facing the commercial media are adversely impacting STT, the Finnish News Agency. So much so that existence of the 130-year-old wire service is in jeopardy. Hanne Aho, the UJF president, warned that the field of journalism is being eroded. “Journalism is crucially important for democracy and social stability. We cannot standRead More

UJF: decision on Yle strategy should not impinge on journalistic content

1.10.2017 In headlines now, News

The UJF has urged that in deciding on the strategy of Yle, the Finnish Broadcasting Company the body’s administrative council will “constantly ensure that fair working conditions and quality in outsourcing are realised.” In a statement on the strategy the union points out that Yle must ensure that in procuring productions it must abide byRead More