Negotiations have been going on for two weeks with no visible progress. The strike now affects 60 percent of the country's pharmacies.
The 9,000-member Finnish Pharmacists' Association is prepared for a long strike. The union is seeking pay wages averaging 500 euros a month over the next two to three years.
Some 9,300 pharmacists, dispensers and students belong to the union; the majority of them work in privately-owned pharmacies.
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