Training session in Finland for hotel housekeepers

In April, some 50 hotel housekeepers were joined by health & safety officers to attend a training session organized by the IUF-affiliated PAM in Finland. Almost two thirds of the housekeepers were not directly employed by the hotel company where they worked.

Main topics of the forum were:

• Working pace;

• Safety at work and well-being;

• Working methods and multicultural working community.

Some key points housekeepers are expecting the union to take into account are:

• Shop stewards must be elected in all workplaces;

• There should be clear rules for tendering and procurement;

• Workers should have defined working hours;

• Oppose any attempt to raise the retirement age.