"The Finns Party has already spoken dozens about restricting the right to strike, but none of them have agreed to answer a simple question: Why did you give voters wrong information about your intentions?" asked Pekonen.

In the run-up to the parliamentary elections, employee organisations conducted a survey in which the Finns Party, the Swedish People's Party and the Christian Democrats responded positively to the statement: "Workers' right to strike must be safeguarded at least to its current extent". Of the government parties, only the Conservative Party disagreed with the statement. Why did the Finns Party misinform voters?– The right to strike also covers political strikes and sympathy strikes. The right to them will not remain in its present extent. You deliberately deceived the electorate, and there is therefore no point in complaining when civil society responds with the legal means at its disposal. It is an absolutely essential part of democracy that you can also influence between elections," Pekonen says. Pekonen points out that restricting the right to strike paves the way for drastic weakening of employees, which affect working conditions, pay and the position of employees in general.– The Finns Party is enthusiastically involved in this taxi reform of the labour market, just as they were in the original taxi reform. This is a historically tough turnaround, as every single one of these weakening of working life was concealed from the people in the parliamentary elections. The majority of the people oppose these weakening measures and have supported political strikes," Pekonen says.