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The Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions seeks to bring about
the world’s best worklife.
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- Social security
SAK survey reveals particular impact of government cuts on livelihoods of women
- Social security
- Collective agreements and bargaining
Collective bargaining overview: New terms and conditions for about 1.3 million employees in SAK-affiliated industries
- Collective agreements and bargaining
- Trade unions in Finland and worldwide
Finnish government breaks records – Now platform companies are brought into international labour law negotiations
- Trade unions in Finland and worldwide
- Rights of employees
Finnish Supreme Administrative Court determines that food couriers are employees
- Rights of employees
Get to know the members of our trade unions!
The members of SAK trade unions include bus drivers, security guards, nurses, construction workers, industrial process workers, electricians and videographers. The Meet Our Professionals series provides an opportunity to hear these union members talk about their work in their own words.
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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 about 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 about 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 and enacted 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!