Confederation of Unions for Professional and Managerial Staff in Finland
Confederation of Unions for Professional and Managerial Staff in Finland | |
Finnish: Korkeakoulutettujen työmarkkinakeskusjärjestö Akava; Swedish: Centralorganisationen för högutbildade i Finland Akava | |
Founded | 1950 |
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Headquarters | Helsinki, Finland |
Location | |
Members | 611,000 (2021) |
Key people | Sture Fjäder, president |
Affiliations | ITUC, NFS, ETUC, TUAC |
The Confederation of Unions for Professional and Managerial Staff in Finland[1] (Akava) is a trade union confederation in Finland representings employees with university-level, professional or other high-level training. It has 36 affiliated unions with a combined membership of 611,000.[2]
Akava is a central organization i.e. the individual members are not personally members of Akava but of a trade union which is a member of Akava. Akava has 36 member unions, the largest of which are the Trade Union of Education in Finland (OAJ), the Finnish Association of Graduate Engineers (TEK), the Union of Professional Engineers in Finland (UIL), the Finnish Association of Business School Graduates (SEFE), Union of Sales and Marketing Professionals and Tradenomiliitto . The Finnish Police Union (SJPL) is also affiliated.
On 25 October 2011 Sture Fjäder was elected President of Akava for a four-year term.[3] Akava is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation, the Council of Nordic Trade Unions, and the European Trade Union Confederation.
Akava is one of the three central organizations representing Finnish employees, the other two being the Finnish Confederation of Salaried Employees (STTK) and the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions (SAK).
References
- ^ Previously named Confederation of Unions for Academic Professionals in Finland
- ^ "Affiliates". Akava. 8 March 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
- ^ Lindén, Carl-Gustav (2013-11-07). "Sture Fjäder challenges Finland's trade union culture". Retrieved 2018-01-21.
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