Home » Collective agreement negotiations in the property services sector end without a result – cleaners and property workers to go on strike News 03.03.2023 09:10 Collective agreement negotiations in the property services sector end without a result – cleaners and property workers to go on strike Service Union United PAM and Real Estate Employers were too far apart in their views on the level of pay rises, so PAM broke off the negotiations and issued a strike warning for the sector. The strike will start on 16 March and will affect around 2500 employees. “The property services sector employs cleaners and janitors on low wages and they need decent pay rises to boost their purchasing power. However, in the negotiations we didn’t reach a consensus with employers on wage rises that would have given a sufficient boost to workers’ incomes in the sector”, PAM President Annika Rönni-Sällinen regrets. Service Union United PAM and Real Estate Employers have been negotiating wages and employment conditions for the sector since January. The parties’ views on the level of pay rises are still too far apart. On Wednesday 1 March PAM decided to break off negotiations and issue a strike warning for the property services sector. The previous collective agreement for the property services sector ended on 28 February. Strike to begin on Thursday 16 March Unless a negotiating result is achieved earlier, the strike will start at midnight on 16 March 2023 and end at midnight on 18 March 2023 or at the end of the shift starting before midnight. The stoppage applies to work covered by the collective agreement for property services sector employees in companies or sites covered by the strike. See the strike sites > Keywords: collective bargaining industrial action property services sector What did you think of this content? Reaktio(Required) This was useful I really liked this content I did not understand This was not useful Comment (optional)CAPTCHACommentsThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Share Read next Press releases property services sector Trade unions JHL and PAM: Cleaning must not be tendered at the expense of workers 15.6.2025 Articles collective agreement collective bargaining membership ”A challenging starting point, but we achieved a lot” – how did the collective bargaining go? 2.6.2025 News collective agreement hotel and restaurant industry private security property services sector Palmia employees in food, restaurant, cleaning, property and security services now covered by PAM’s collective agreements 19.5.2025
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