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The following letter including its signatures was sent to audiovisual translation agency clients on 15 June 2015.
Dear audiovisual translation agency client, We, the Finnish audiovisual translators, have decided to approach you collectively and exceptionally because this spring has brought tremendous changes within the audiovisual translation industry in Finland. You as a translation buyer should be made aware of these changes. In the beginning of May, after years of negotiations, a collective agreement came into effect. The agreement was signed by Pre-Text, Rosmer International, Stellar Text, and BTI Studios. The agreement was signed by all the translation agencies involved in the negotiations except for SDI Media. The aim of the collective agreement is to stop the downfall of the industry, which has for years driven the industry from a specialist field into a low-income industry. Of the negotiating translation agencies only SDI Media decided not to adhere to the collective agreement, which is designed to guarantee a decent level of income for employed translators. In addition, only two weeks after the agreement came into effect it became apparent that another international agency, BTI Studios, which did sign the agreement, tries to get around it by dealing most of their workload to underpaid subcontractors, to whom the agreement does not apply. BTI Studios has also announced co-operation negotiations, which implies that the agency does not respect translators' work or translation quality. The collective agreement is in danger of becoming ineffective, if the large international agencies do not adhere to the agreement or try to work their way around it. A sustainable business model is based on corporate social responsibility, which in translation industry means securing appropriate working conditions for translators, abiding to agreements and common rules, and maintaining translation quality. Now that a concrete step forward has been taken within the industry, all the parties involved need to take action in order to keep quality translations on Finnish viewers' television screens. Because of this we urge you to encourage your partners to develop their business model by signing the collective agreement and by providing better terms for their translators, including the self-employed subcontractors. In addition, we wish you will make note, whether your translation agency has sincerely adhered to improve translators' terms of employment. We wish our indirect cooperation will from now on be more fruitful than ever. Respectfully yours, The following Finnish audiovisual translators Joonas Paajonen Laura Vierimaa Henna Juutilainen Taru Karonen Kirsi Reima Sami Haapasalo Liina Sinnelä Seija Uuskoski Kaisa Vitikainen Jouni Luoma Susanna Suomi Hertta Oksanen Teija Potenze Jari Nuutinen Mervi Saarenmaa Anna Sääskilahti Mikko Alapuro Tuula Friman Katja Pirttioja Jani Kontra Hasse Hägerfelth Heidi Nyblom Kuorikoski Marjaana Kulovesi Jarkko Saastamoinen Janne Marko Heidi Mäki Annica Törmä Mari Harve Maria Wirén Jonna Elomaa Timo Ruokolainen Liina Härkönen Sari Luhtanen Riikka Soini-Ferraguto Toini Lehto Annu James Henna Iivarinen Pekka de Groot Ulla Ontero Tuulikki Vuonokari Kalle Niemi Teija Harjaluoma Maija Rantanen Annika Järvinen Terhi Suutarinen Sampsa Peltonen Soile Mäkelä Eivor Konttinen Mikko Moilanen Tarja Sirén Jukka Sorsa Monica Hagelin Kristiina Kaukoranta Lauri Mäkelä Johanna Järvinen Kai Karmanheimo Anna Suominen Laura Kotiaho Hanna Toivainen Marika Nordman Anni Mentula Marjo Hiidensalo Mira Häkkinen Petter Pinola Tatu Henttonen Ilona Ahlgren Anonymous signer Petra Honkala Minna Karvonen Lumi Eronen Marianna Lähde Iira Tuominen Sanna Tiihonen Laura Paavilainen Maura Kontio Anna Pertola Riku Kanninen Niina Siniranta Niko Astikainen Petra Ljung Sirpa Glantz Saara Lindström Pauliina Klemola Sofia Wahlström Anna Wartiovaara Lari Hämäläinen Anneli Miljard Mari Hallivuori Stiina Iloniemi Tiia Ruuskanen Minna Vierimaa Risto Selin Markku Kenttä Anu Laitila Juha Westerlund Sanna Väre Vera Välimäki Suvi Salmilampi Soila Tuominen Mirjami Ylinen Samu Mäkinen Tarja Hilli Satu Kuruheimo Paula Honkanen Samuli Suominen Markus Lamminpää Henrica Bargum Eija Virtanen Jorma Penttinen Timo Hirvola Catrine Paro Katja Aulavuori-Rosvall Antero Helasvuo Tiina Kähkönen Tanja Oreto Marjukka Eronen Arja Sundelin Tarmo Hietamaa Kai Koskela Mia Store Sonja Zhuk Heli Kivimäki Karin Nynäs-Aspö Agneta Wirberg Sonja Sauvola Suvi Heinonen Kaarina Suvanto Päivi Tikkanen Juhana Korhonen Arja Kataja Sini Paronen Arto Paljakka Anonymoys signer Eeva Heikkonen Lauri Korpio Anna-Liisa Fazer Mari Tepponen Timo Porri Tove Olsson Jussi Pekkanen Hannu Holopainen Katariina Pahimanolis Varja Arola Jaakko Sauvola Esa Kärenmäki Tiina Siidorov Jarkko Lehtola Kati Wink Teija Kuivalainen Anna Multanen Johanna Toivonen Hanna Heinonen Jessica Vikfors Ilmari Pirttilä Helena Halme Monica Ödahl Fröjdö Vesa Kuittinen Tomi Ristola Petri Griinari Pilvi Ahonen Anja Rahikainen Saija Papinniemi Virpi Mättö Anna-Maija Ihander Iina Pääkkönen Arto Airio Majvor Levälahti Inka Helin Juha Arola Mika Metsäpelto Saara Närhi Atro Tossavainen Päivi Mustajärvi Tarja Sahlstén Marianne Robertsson Susanna Voutilainen Hanna Sairanen Jani Bohm Solja Ahola Teija Kontio Seija Kerttula Hannele Vahtera Hanna Niemi Laura Sillanpää Anna Tauriainen Pertti Rautomaa Camilla Boije Jani Tikkanen Veera Hämäläinen Jonne Ahvonen Jani Kyllönen Timo Juntunen Sari Kumpulainen Johanna Hallberg Pirjo Katarina Leppänen Elina Rautiainen Heidi Vuorinen Kati Kalpa Janne Staffans Anonymous signer Saara Lappalainen-Parikka Anna Mäkiranta Tanja Piirainen Tapio Wallenius Hannu Oittinen Maarit Tillman Susanna Carotenuto Tommi Hämeranta Mari Haukilehto Katja Juutistenaho Juhamatti Lähdesmäki Nina Donner Taneli Junttila Sanna Autere Anonymous signer Lauri Hanhimäki Kari Jokelainen Håkan Mäkelä Meri Kyynäräinen Tiina Holopainen Heidi Jäsberg Timo Hautala Minna Eronen Saliven Gustavsson Mikko Pitkänen Niko Sandell Seppo Raudaskoski Arto Vartiainen Annika Rinne Markus Inkeri Mirkka Näveri Katri Korhonen Riikka Karhila Arja Meski Anonymous signer Outi Huovinen Irmeli Kuusela Minna Lehto-Rautio Jaana Pollitt Tapani Kärkkäinen Anne Aho Riitta Torikka Leena Hyttinen Lasse Sourander Sari Tenhunen Tempo Lahti-Nuuttila Joni Rahja Tuija Sulisalo Maria Kynsijärvi Tytti Heikkilä Liisi Sipari Marko Pohjanrinne Paula Pohjanrinne Saara Vironmäki Heli Kivimäki Tuija Kankus Aila Hyyryläinen Rosa Aaltonen Arttu Vilmi Said Dakash Jutta Säämänen Liisa Viitanen Juha Hakala Marjatta Sario Tuula Granqvist Kirsi Lehikoinen Nina Granqvist Mikko Pöntys Annika Järvinen Minna Suikkanen Eeva Vuortama Tarja Kurki Aleksi Milonoff Maana Kilpi Kirsti Luova Meiju Salonen Timo Kosonen Birgitta Norrgård Kalle Mattila Mari Miettinen Maarit Kiuru Esko Vertanen Anonymous signer Katariina Pahimanolis Jouni Ilvonen Marja Hannula Inkeri Silvennoinen Anne Nádasi Tuulia Tipa Anne Stenberg Anna-Leea Kaila Eva Pohto
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