Betrothal of January
{{Short description|Declaration by Finnish industry to recognize the trade unions}}
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The Betrothal of January or January EngagementDavid Kirby (2006) A Concise History of Finland. Cambridge University Press. {{ISBN|978-0521539890}}.
({{Langx|fi|tammikuun kihlaus}}, {{Langx|sv|januariförlovningen}}) was a declaration given by the {{ill|Association of Finnish Industries|fi|Suomen Työnantajain Keskusliitto}} that recognized the trade unions and their central organization the Finnish Federation of Trade Unions (SAK) as parties in collective bargaining on questions of industrial relations.{{cite web| url = http://www.ay-historia.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=40&Itemid=28| title = Työväenliikkeen historia: Tammikuun kihlaus| date = 2008| publisher = SAK| accessdate = 2009-09-15| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130521144835/http://www.ay-historia.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=40&Itemid=28| archive-date = 2013-05-21| url-status = dead}} The two sides agreed that they would start trying to reach a common understanding for further negotiation. The declaration was read on the evening news bulletin of the public service radio Yle on 23 January 1940 and published in newspapers the following day. Until then, only printers had collective agreements on their working conditions.
The Betrothal agreement was part of the so-called Spirit of the Winter War and eventually the national income policy agreement.{{cite web| url = http://netti.sak.fi/sak/tupo/aiemmin.html | title = Tupo - tammikuun kihlauksesta tupoihin| publisher = SAK| accessdate = 2009-09-15}} In February 2017, the Confederation of Finnish Industries (the successor of the Association of Finnish Industries) announced that it would withdraw from the 22 existing agreements and no longer participate in any negotiations for tripartite agreements.{{cite web|url=https://ek.fi/ajankohtaista/tiedotteet/2017/02/15/ek-luopuu-keskusjarjestosopimuksista-sopiminen-jatkuu-liittojen-toimesta/|title=EK luopuu keskusjärjestösopimuksista, sopiminen jatkuu liittojen toimesta - Elinkeinoelämän keskusliitto|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-9468778|title=EK irtisanoi sopimukset – miten se vaikuttaa työehtoihisi? Työnantajat ja työntekijät täysin eri mieltä|website=Yle Uutiset|date=20 February 2017 }}