This Thursday, 40 days from Easter, is Ascension Day in Finland. In this blog, we explain what Ascension Day is. But more importantly, we talk about religious holidays and their relationship to Finnish labor politics.
In this current health crisis that is leaving millions of people laid off or terminated globally, there has been an increase in interest in trade union membership. The same trend is also visible in Finland. In our blog this week, we talk about labor unions in Finland, their membership, and particularly about unemployment funds associated with them.