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    Finnland geht das Klopapier aus

    Die langwierigen Verhandlungen zwischen Finnlands Gewerkschaft Papier und dem finnischen Forstindustrieverband, die seit Mitte Mai laufen und erst zu einem mehrwöchigen Streik, dann zu einer Aussperrung von Arbeitgeberseite geführt haben, haben in Finnland zu einem Papier-Engpass geführt.

    Dennoch kündigte der finnische Forstindustrieverband nach den gestern erneut festgefahrenen Gesprächen eine weitere Aussperrung bis in den Juli hinein an.

    Zeitungen immer dünner

    Derweil sind in den Geschäften die Regale mit Klo- und Haushaltspapier fast leer sowie Zeitungen und Zeitschriften in der Seitenzahl zusammengeschrumpft. Finnland importiert derzeit aus Russland und anderen europäischen Ländern beispielsweise Zeitungs- und Toilettenpapier, eine seltsame Situation für ein Land, das teilweise vom Papierexport lebt.

    Insgesamt befinden sich derzeit etwa 30.000 Arbeitnehmer im Ausstand. Nach Berechnungen der Forstindustrie bringt jeder Streiktag der finnischen Papierindustrie eine Einbuße von rund zehn Mio. Euro und einen Verkaufsausfall im Wert von bis zu 40 Mio. Euro.

    Source: http://news.orf.at/index.html?url=ht...er/185150.html
    Summary: Finland's paper labor union and the paper industry are quarreling and workers are on strike. They even want to continue until July. Meanwhile the Morning paper reduces the number of pages and toilet paper is getting rarer. Finnland tries to import from Russian and other european countries. A strange situation for a country that builds on paper export.
    On total there are 30,000 workers on strike and every day the paper industry loses 10m euros and 40m euros in sales.



    I hope our finns here have enough paper in stock!

  • #2
    they should use bidets

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Dissident
      they should use bidets
      So that's what they are for...

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      • #4
        meh, this is affecting swden too
        i'll have to start saving the mail

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        • #5
          who uses toiletpaper when you can use newsweek and the time instead
          Que l’Univers n’est qu’un défaut dans la pureté de Non-être.

          - Paul Valery

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          • #6
            The wars of the future will be about paper
            Blah

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Illur
              meh, this is affecting swden too
              i'll have to start saving the mail

              how so? other than you get tons of new customers
              Que l’Univers n’est qu’un défaut dans la pureté de Non-être.

              - Paul Valery

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              • #8
                swedish paperworkers sympathy-strikes

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                • #9
                  oh, so you have idiots too
                  Que l’Univers n’est qu’un défaut dans la pureté de Non-être.

                  - Paul Valery

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                  • #10
                    yes

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                    • #11
                      Dammit, I knew there was a drawback on solely using email...
                      Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing?
                      Then why call him God? - Epicurus

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                      • #12
                        Hoo, no matter how german you are, it's Finland, with one n.

                        And it's summer. We can use leaves, or birch bark. (tuohi)
                        I've allways wanted to play "Russ Meyer's Civilization"

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                        • #13
                          The Finns could always go the Arab route and simply wipe their ass with their hand. Think of all the money they'd save on toilet paper.
                          Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Tattila the Hun
                            Hoo, no matter how german you are, it's Finland, with one n.

                            And it's summer. We can use leaves, or birch bark. (tuohi)

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                            • #15
                              Seems that we have to make yet another aid campaign here. We did it some time ago to help the poor norwegians whom also was running out of toilet paper
                              With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.

                              Steven Weinberg

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