Nov 23, 2009. /Lesprom Network/. The strike at Sappi's coated fine paper plant in Kirkniemi, Finland, is over. The workers returned to the mill on November, 23 as planned. The strike started on November 18 at 6 pm. The company considers the strike illegal, as Noprdic Paper Journal/Papernet reported. According to Harri Lindholm of the paper workers union at Kirkniemi mill, the work load has increased very much after the number of employees was reduced by more than 60 persons during the spring this year. ”Now we look forward to a constructive dialogue with the mill management,” Lindholm told local media. ”We will now sit down and have a discussion with the employee representatives and analyze the situation,” Mill Manager Martti Savelainen told Noprdic Paper Journal/Papernet.