[texasbigdata]

You guys unioned as a cross company group of 1 (or several closely related) functional roles? That’s super interesting! Do any entry level people NOT accept membership to the union or undercut in any way? Do you require your employee to be a “union” shop to work there?

I think it’s beautiful your vacation hours are set out, etc.

It seems like there could be some issues if every vertical had one of these (“oh no, the real estate team has 7 weeks of vacation but the HR team only has 2?”) but outside of that it’s beautiful what y’all did as a collective entity. This is super eye opening, thanks for sharing.

[SuoDuanDao]

I think part of the reason this works so well in Europe is because guilds have been around for a long time, and there's a sense in which they also look out for the quality of work their members put out. There's an implication of providing training to junior members and serving the public that give a depth to the organisation beyond a charter of 'we negotiate for the highest pay the market will bear'

[Hamuko]

Joining an union in Finland is voluntary but most collective agreements are just that - collective. They apply whether or not you're in the union for the entire sector. I think most Finns belong to unions though.

[notkaiho]

Depends a bit on age groups but membership is still pretty high [0].

The collective point is critical - unions negotiate wages as part of a tripartite arrangement in Finland. It's industry-wide sets of wages.

[0] https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-9036556