Help is on its way to journalist Johanna Vehkoo, who was ordered to pay a fine and court costs by Oulu District Court after convicting her of defaming far-right local counselor Junes Lokka.
Johanna Vehkoo, the journalist at the centre of the defamation case brought by Oulu city councillor Junes Lokka, has been found guilty of defaming Lokka and slapped with a 15-day fine. The sentence was handed down Oulu District Court, 12 April.
The trial of journalist Johanna Vehkoo has more than a ring of absurdity about it, revealing that the prosecutor, police, law and for that matter Finnish society in general is unable to get to grips with the problem of hate speech or internet trolls. Vehkoo, who has written extensively about fake news, hate speech andRead More
A few weeks ago the labour dispute involving AV freelance translators was resolved through mediation by the National Conciliator, Vuokko Piekkala. The issues left open by the mediation are of crucial importance to the Finnish jobs market of the 2020s.
Helsinki (05.03.2019 – Heikki Jokinen) The tripartite working group was unable to agree on new rules for unemployed jobseekers. The group was working along the lines of a so called activation model two, the Government proposal on the additional criteria jobseekers must meet to get uncut unemployment benefit.
The collective agreement between the UJF and the public broadcaster, the Finnish Broadcasting Company (Yle), for the first time sets out how much Yle will pay freelancers for online copy. This is also the first time that a Finnish collective agreement defines the minimum fees for material by freelancers.
After the outbreak of political and social crisis in Nicaragua in April 2018, 325 people have been killed in ten months, more than 500 detained and persecuted, over 500 are missing, and thousands have fled out of the country according to statistics given by several human rights organizations. Finnish NGO’s and official development cooperation haveRead More
Barents Press International condemns the blocking of the news outlet Barents Observer, the leading news organisation on Barents issues – by Russian Media watchdog.
The Association of Freelance Journalists in Finland, a member association of the UJF, has produced new guidelines on how much freelancers should charge for their work to achieve the average monthly income of their colleagues in employment relationships.
The UJF and Akava Special Branches last week accepted the conciliation proposal of the National Conciliator, narrowly averting strike action by self-employed, or freelance, translators in the AV translation sector, scheduled for 15-16 February.