Equipment for the disabled is not mandatory on public transportation, but the government subsidizes improvements undertaken. Local governments maintain a transport service, which guarantees 18 trips per month for a disabled person. The deaf and the mute are provided with an interpretation service ranging from 120 to 240 hours per year depending on the seriousness of the handicap. The severely disabled are guaranteed public housing. Section 6 Worker Rights a.
Trade unions enjoy a protected status and play an important role in political and economic life.
About 85 to 87 percent of the work force is organized. In Finland, employers are also organized into collective bargaining associations. Two other central organizations cover white-collar, professional, and technical employees. All trade unions are democratically organized and managed and are independent of the government and of political parties. The Finnish Constitution guarantees the right to strike and strike actions by Finnish workers were decriminalized in 1922.