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State sector employees take historic industrial action
The state sector employees have started their first industrial action in nearly 40 years. A ban on overtime and shift swaps and a ban to accrue flex hours began on 19 March. The bans continue until further notice. They concern all those state employees who are in a contractual employment relationship. These make up about 10% of all state employees.
1001 OCCUPATIONS
Social welfare and health care sector
The social welfare and health care sector’s professionals work for instance as personal assistants, in child protection, as practical nurses, in health care, in the social welfare and health care sector, and in elderly care.
Catering and cleaning sector
Catering and cleaning sector professionals work in, say, wellbeing services counties, the kitchens of municipalities and joint municipal authorities, schools, day care centres, hospitals and laundries.
Information, administration and library sector
Information, administration and library sector professionals work for the state, wellbeing services counties, municipalities and joint municipal authorities, organisations, and within the private sector’s clerical services and administrative, IT, library and information services.
Pedagogy and education sector
The pedagogy and education sector’s professionals mostly work in schools, within early childhood education and care or youth work, in parishes, vocational schools and special education schools.
Technical, energy and traffic sector
The JHL members in the technical, energy and traffic sector are usually maintenance professionals, facility maintenance employees, electricians, electronics assemblers and tram, bus and metro drivers. This group also includes gravediggers.
Security sector
The security sector’s occupations include emergency centre dispatcher, safety inspector, security guard, rescuer and paramedic.