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The Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions seeks to bring about
the world’s best worklife.
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- Collective agreements and bargaining
Heli Puura, SAK: Limiting the right to strike clears the way for further assaults on working conditions by the Orpo-Purra Government
- Collective agreements and bargaining
- Rights of employees
Organisation leaders: A lot is at stake in the EU elections – we must adhere to the climate goals
- Rights of employees
- Rights of employees
European elections: Where do the political parties stand on issues of importance to employees?
- Rights of employees
- Collective agreements and bargaining
Free Summer Job Helpline helps summer employees throughout summer
- Collective agreements and bargaining
SAK seeks to prevent abuses of labour
Read the detailed SAK objectives for the current parliamentary term.
Get to know the SAK trade unions
The Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions (SAK) is a confederation of 18 trade unions. These unions have a total of more than 800,000 individual members, including childminders, airline cabin crew members, bus and coach drivers, waiters, security guards, construction workers, paper industry process managers, electricians and dancers.
What is the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions SAK?
Three facts about SAK
SAK is a confederation of 18 trade unions with more than 800,000 individual members. They include childminders, airline cabin crew members, bus and coach drivers, waiters, security guards, construction workers, paper industry process managers, electricians and dancers.
SAK engages in social advocacy, promoting the status and opportunities of current and future working people at work and in society as a whole. We seek to bring about the world’s best worklife that enable both employees and businesses to flourish.
SAK promotes the position of workers and a better working life in many arenas, such as through free employee rights hotline, negotiating with employers, and influencing political decision-making both in Finland and within the European Union.
There are Serious grounds for action
The cuts and losses of rights planned by the Orpo-Purra Government will fall particularly on the working population and on the most vulnerable in society.
Find your own trade union
A trade union can help when you need support in the world of work. The Tradeunion.fi service will help you find a suitable union according to your industry or the name of your workplace. Find your own union and join today!