Welcome to the union for language professionals in Finland!
Further to the board meeting of 22 November, the main board of PAM has now approved the merger of PAM-Lingua into branch 632, Erityisammattien toimihenkilöt ry.
This branch has more members and more resources to support its members. It has welcomed PAM-Lingua's residual membership to join it.
To help PAM-Lingua members who may have any questions, this website will remain active for some time to come and the former board@pam-lingua.org email will remain operational. Thus if anyone has any questions they can still communicate with the board, who will be represented by Paul Whybrow and who will respond to emails raising questions. Paul will also be part of the merged branch and will assist in taking up questions on behalf of PAM-Lingua members.
It is hoped to arrange a social event for former PAM-Lingua members in the coming year. Paul will be in touch with the former members to see what would suit the membership.
In the meantime hereare the minutes of the last boar meeting:
The minutes of the meeting:
Jobscene
Jobscene terms and conditions
Articles on expats and foreigner issues in Finland
Brexpat rights:
"Brain waste" squanders potential and talent in Finland
Brits to be charged 48 euros for right of residence
The latest rights information for Brexpats in Finland after Brexit
Discrimination if you are a foreigner. Didn't get the job?
“If there’s a worker with a Finnish name, they'll probably be hired”
"It's a no-brainer": Can startups crack Finland's workplace diversity problem?
Proposal to ease recruitment of foreign workers riles Finland's unions
Foreigners find it hard to find work in Finland
Latest:
Maybe we should all learn Finnish to be employed in Finland - even in jobs where a knowledge of Finnish is not required.
Foreigners have issues opening and closing bank accounts - and can face heavy account fees. Lack of ability in English among bank personnel identified as a cause.
Finland needs foreigners to make everything work - but how do you attract workers to what can seem like a foreigner-hostile country?
Many of us will remember some late nights gathered around substantial amounts of food and drink as part of the social scene of PAM-Lingua. Perhaps we should do one more session - if the pandemic restrictions allow!
Looking for previous content of the website?
Just go to: PAM-Lingua archive
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email: board(at)pam-lingua.org
Board members:
Paul Allison - Member
John Sigona - Vice-chair
Daryl Taylor - Acting Chair/Treasurer
Paul Whybrow - Member
Questions, worries, comments, suggestions?
Just email us: board(at)pam-lingua.org
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We now have email addresses for all bar 10 of our members. If you have been receiveing letters from us via snail post then we would recommend that you contact us at board@pam-lingua.org with your email address. It is more efficient and economic if we can email you. If you do not wish to be contacted by email please let us know. We may not be able to provide all information to you by post but we will do our best to keep you informed.