Trade Union Suora merges with TU, becomes Pro

NFU News 2010-12-13NFU News NFU member union Trade Union Suora merges with the Union of Salaried Employees (TU) to form Pro, the biggest union for professional employees in Finland. The final decision to merge was taken jointly at both TU:s extraordinary congress and...

Fruitful meetings in Brussels

NFU News 2010-12-03NFU News Two days in Brussels were dedicated to meetings between NFU and EU Parliamentarians and Commission staff, with very good results. The NFU secretariat’s conclusion from the meetings is that the Commission is more willing than ever to take...

New NFU replies to the European Commission

NFU News 2010-11-23NFU News During the last weeks, NFU has been busy sending in replies to European Commission consultations regarding pay, pensions, financial inclusion and risk management. In the draft guidelines from the CEBS (Committee of European Banking...

Intense financial industry lobbying in US

NFU News 2010-11-17NFU News An article in the LA Times describes financial industry lobbyists’ incessant pressure on lawmakers implementing the financial reform bill in the US. Having failed to block financial reform, the industry is now focused on the next best...

Nordea union seminar across borders

NFU News 2010-11-12NFU News Finland recently welcomed members of the eight Consultative Committees (CC) of Nordea when the annual CC seminar for union representatives took place 27-28 October 2010. During the two days’ seminar, the representatives discussed the task...