Helsinki (23.03.2018 – Heikki Jokinen) The ongoing round of collective bargaining has been going on now for nearly eight months.The employers’ joint coordination throughout the negotiations has been very firm, say trade union leaders.
The Danish government has reached a new media agreement, expected to take effect from the beginning of 2019. The new measures include a cut in DR’s budget of 20% and tearing up the license fee for public broadcasting. The Nordic Journalists Federation NJF (Nordisk Journalistförbund) deeply regrets such a decision and joins the appeals to theRead More
“Responsible journalism starts with the everyday work at the editorial office. Behind all responsible journalism there’s a responsible journalist,” says UJF president Hanne Aho.
(By Mark Waller) The case of the deluge of hate speech directed at a journalist for doing her job exposes the limits of current legislation designed protect journalists and press freedom.
Sixteen per cent of communications and media professionals have experienced sexual harassment over the past year. Organisations from the sector – the Union of Journalists in Finland, the Finnish Association of Marketing, Technology, and Creativity (MTL), and the Finnish Association of Communications Professionals (Procom) – issued the results of a survey at the end ofRead More