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The Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions seeks to bring about

the world’s best worklife.

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SAK seeks to prevent abuses of labour

Read the detailed SAK objectives for the current parliamentary term.

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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.

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