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Ann Orvokki Selin (born 22 July 1960) is a
Ann Orvokki Selin (born 22 July 1960) is a Finnish
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former trade union leader.
Born in Helsinki
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, Selin began working in 1976, as a clerk for the Commercial Workers' Union. In 1987, the union merged into the Business Union, for which Selin became a youth officer. In 1991, she moved to work on health and safety, and then from 1993 she was a regional secretary in Jyväskylä
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In 2000, the Business Union merged into the new Service Union United (PAM), continuing as a regional secretary. In 2002, she became the union's president.
As leader of PAM, Selin negotiated an industry-wide agreement for paternity leave
Parental leave, or family leave, is an employee benefit available in almost all countries. The term "parental leave" may include maternity, paternity, and adoption leave; or may be used distinctively from "maternity leave" and "paternity l ...
. She advocated tripartism
Tripartism is an economic system of neo-corporatism based on a mixed economy and tripartite contracts between employers' organizations, trade unions, and the government of a country. Each is to act as a social partner to create economic policy ...
, and the avoidance of industrial action
Industrial action (British English) or job action (American English) is a temporary show of dissatisfaction by employees—especially a strike action, strike or slowdown or working to rule—to protest against bad working conditions or low pay a ...
. She also backed the Baltic Organising Academy, which aimed to support union recruitment and organisation in the Baltic countries, and served on the international and European boards of the UNI Global Union
UNI Global Union, formerly Union Network International (UNI), is a global union federation for the skills and services sectors, gathering national and regional trade union. It has affiliated unions in 150 countries representing 20 million workers ...
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In 2014, Selin was elected as the president of the UNI, serving for four years. She retired as president of PAM in 2019, but announced that she planned to continue to work for the union.
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