Nurses' unions have rejected a proposal to resolve a dispute in the municipal sector, but other unions in the sector have accepted it.
The proposal was made on Tuesday by Elina Pylkkänen, a civil servant who chairs a conciliation committee charged with finding a solution.
The deal would have seen municipal workers get pay rises of one percentage point above the general level of pay rise each year for the next five years. Nurses had demanded annual pay rises 3.6 percent above the general level for the next five years.
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Pylkkänen told media that she did not want to speculate on how the process would unfold now, but said it was in the hands of Employment Minister Tuula Haatainen (SDP).
Juko, the body negotiating on behalf of teachers, said that the deal on offer was acceptable to them.
The proposed deal would have resulted in a 5.1 percent boost in municipal salaries over five years. Public sector union JHL had demanded 4.7 percent over five years.
The leader of the Tehy nurses' union Millariikka Rytkönen tweeted that the deal on offer was insufficient, as it would not resolve the labour shortage in the sector, adding that her union 'wouldn't sign bad contracts'.
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