UPM Biochemicals and HAERTOL Chemie GmbH, both headquartered in Germany, have agreed to form a strategic partnership to produce a new range of carbon-neutral engine and battery coolants that will help automotive manufacturers reduce their CO2 footprint. UPM is investing Euro 750 million to build the world’s first industrial scale biorefinery in Leuna, Germany, to convert […]
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UPM and the Paperworkers’ Union have agreed on first-ever business-specific collective labour agreements for five UPM businesses. The strike at UPM mills in Finland will end immediately and employees will return to work. The strike covered UPM Pulp, UPM Communication Papers, UPM Specialty Papers, UPM Raflatac and UPM Biofuels units in Finland. UPM will restart […]
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Mar
Mar
Conciliator Leo Suomaa has submitted a proposal for a settlement in the collective labour agreement negotiations between UPM Pulp and the Paperworkers’ Union. The conciliator has asked the parties to state their position on the proposal by 14 April 2022 at 10:00 EET. In the meanwhile, the conciliator will continue the conciliation with the […]
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Mar
Mar
Negotiations for the new collective labour agreements between UPM businesses and Paperworkers’ Union have continued intensively. Recently, the union announced a two weeks’ extension to the strike at most UPM’s Finnish mills, until 16 April 2022, unless new collective labour agreements are reached before that. The Paperworkers’ Union’s strike at UPM Pulp, UPM Biofuels, UPM […]
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Feb
Feb
The Finnish Paperworkers’ Union has informed UPM that their strike at UPM’s Finnish mills will be extended by three weeks until 12 March 2022, unless new agreements are reached before that. The Paperworkers’ Union’s strike at UPM Pulp, UPM Biofuels, UPM Communication Papers, UPM Specialty Papers and UPM Raflatac units in Finland started 1 January […]
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Jan
Jan
Members of the Paperworkers’ Union, the Finnish Electrical Workers´ Union and the Trade Union Pro have [on Jan. 1] started strikes at UPM mills in Jämsänkoski, Kouvola, Lappeenranta, Pietarsaari, Rauma, Tampere and Valkeakoski. According to the unions, the strikes will continue until 6 o’clock on 22 January 2022 unless a new collective labour agreement is […]
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Nov
Nov
UPM continues to aim for business-specific collective bargaining with the Paperworkers’ Union but has also begun preparations for arranging working conditions temporarily without a collective labour agreement until agreements with the union are signed. During this week UPM communicates the temporary terms of work to employees of businesses where the contractual party is the Paperworkers’ […]