I have such mixed feelings about our new prime minister, on the one hand I want her to succeed so badly and finally start shifting the generational makeup of our political system, but on the other hand I don't trust a lot of Finnish politics right now b/c it's gotten polarised to the point where changing your mind and shifting your platform needs to be done in a very gaslight-y "this is actually what we've always thought", instead of acknowledging that flawed methods can result in flawed conclusions.

That being said -- yeah. It is often said that labour unions are too strong in Finland, because they're capable of immobilising the economy on "a whim", and how labour strength shouldn't be used to exert political power, but what's conveniently left out of that assessment is that politics is constantly exerting power over labour. At some point, twisting the arm back is fair game.