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26 July, 2005
Spontaneous solidarity strikes crossed the Finnish paper sector last week in support of paperworkers locked out at Stora Enso's Anjalankoski mill. Some 29,000 workers represented by ICEM affiliate Paperiliitto are staging industrial action due to anti-worker demands of the Forest Industries Federation of Finland. Stora Enso used the industrial action to lock out workers at that paper mill.
The employers' group is now engaged in wage talks with Paperiliitto but it also is seeking increases in outsourcing and reduction in paper mill shutdown holidays. All of UPM Kymmene and Stora Enso's mills saw strike action last week and a number of M-Real mills also were temporarily shut.