UPM Timber and the Finnish Industrial Union have signed a business-specific collective agreement concerning UPM's sawmill business. The new agreement is valid for three years starting 1 January 2022.
Negotiations started in May and the agreement was reached well before the end of the current contract period. UPM Timber's business management, sawmill directors, employee representatives of each sawmill and representatives of the Industrial Union were involved in the negotiations. In this way, the discussions provided diverse points of view and also made it possible to better take into account the wishes of the personnel as well as the special features of UPM's sawmill business.
The Finnish Forest Industries ceased collective bargaining at the end of 2020 and the agreements on working conditions were transferred to the company level at the end of the current agreement period. Instead of centralised collective agreements, the terms are negotiated between each company and the trade union representing employees.
UPM Timber produces redwood and whitewood sawn timber for the joinery, packaging, distribution, and construction industries. UPM Timber has four sawmills in Finland.
