Finland: Two-week port strike largely paralyzes foreign trade

There are fears that the political strikes which started yesterday, March 11, will cause permanent losses as production facilities need to be shut down. A two-week political strike is halting a significant portion of Finland's foreign trade and also affecting, for example, fuel distribution. Several unions affiliated with the Central Organization of Finnish Trade Unions (SAK) are participating in the strike. The level in which the Finnish wood industry will be affected is at the moment unknown, but there are clear consequences. According to Juha Mutru, the CEO of the Finnish Port Operators Association, the ...