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Helsinki (22.05.2009 - Juhani Artto) Sanoma News, part of the Sanoma Group sent a new agreement to its freelancers on May 19. Following heavy criticism towards the agreement it sent to freelancers in April, the company has changed its position on three matters and demands that freelancers sign the new agreement by 15 June. These changes are positive steps in the right direction but do not touch the most serious problems of the April agreement, says Petri Savolainen, the ombudsman of the Union of Journalists in Finland. - Read also: About 350 protestors call on Sanoma News to negotiate its freelance agreement (13.05.2009)



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