Negotiations for the renewal of the collective agreement for senior salaried employees in the technology industry have been ongoing under the mediation of the National Conciliator since February 14. The mediator has not yet been able to present a settlement proposal to resolve the labor dispute, and therefore the strike announced by YTN on Friday, February 28, 2025, will take place in certain companies.

The validity of collective agreements has ended in several key sectors for TEK members. However, the after-effect still protects employees, and the terms of the collective agreements must be followed until new agreements are negotiated. The national collective agreements ended on November 30th, 2024, in the technology industry, consulting sector, IT services industry, and architectural design sector.

The pressure measures in the technology industry announced on 18 November by The Industrial Union and Pro do not apply to TEK members working as senior salaried employees.

The methods are many, said the farmer when he drove his tractor through the wall of the barn. With a similar approach, the government is relentlessly promoting labor market-related legal changes that have been recorded in the government program, despite the proposals and opposition of trade unions.

The law sets the amount of family leave, but the extent to which that leave is paid is agreed in collective bargaining.

Is this what the manoeuvre was all about – surely not?