Finland Grinds to Halt From $140 Million One-Day Strikes
- Trade unions protest government labor-market reforms
- About 100,000 workers are on strike across the country
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Finland’s public transport halted, some power plants were turned off and exports stopped at ports as a wave of 24-hour strikes hit the Nordic country.
About 100,000 workers in the nation of 5.5 million began a one-day protest on Thursday against the government’s planned labor reforms, according to the Central Organization of Finnish Trade Unions, SAK, which is coordinating the action.