Finnish Transport Workers’ Union AKT
The Finnish Transport Workers’ Union AKT is Finland’s largest trade union for professionals in the transport sector.
Members
AKT members work in the following sectors:
- cabin crew
- driving schools
- forwarding
- ramp drivers
- repair shops
- road transport
- stevedoring
- tanker vehicles and oil products
- terminals
- tourism
- urban public transport
Joining the union
You may join AKT by completing the online membership application form.
The membership subscription fee for AKT in 2026 is 1.6 per cent of gross wages. This membership subscription fee includes membership of the unemployment fund. The part of the membership fee that goes to the unemployment fund is tax-deductible.
Student membership
Students enrolled in courses leading to qualifications in transport and logistics and in tourism may join AKT as student members.
Student membership is free of charge. Student members are eligible for union interest representation and membership benefits.
Rasmus Turtia (32)
Port work can be strenuous and demanding, but it also provides a wide choice of duties and opportunities for career advancement. Though originally expecting only a short stint in this occupation, Rasmus Turtia has now spent a decade working on the waterside.
- Rasmus has served as a stevedore for Finnsteve Oy at the Port of Vuosaari in Helsinki since 2017
- Rasmus is a member of the Finnish Transport Workers’ Union AKT.
“Union membership is customary at this workplace, and the union’s unemployment fund helps to secure your income when work is irregular, especially when you start out. The union branch also organises things, with the shop steward on hand every day. The shop steward has helped a lot with redeployment to new duties. There are various fringe benefits for members, including holiday home rentals and support for cultural and sporting interests. We have our own sessions in the floorball hall and at the ice rink, with many of our people enjoying these pursuits in their spare time.”
Stevedores earn a basic hourly wage plus special bonuses for working conditions and occupational qualifications. The hourly starting wage at Finnsteve is about EUR 22, rising to about EUR 30 at the top end of the pay scale. You can also earn more by working overtime.
Collective agreements
AKT negotiates the following collective agreements:
- The collective agreement for Airpro Oy
- The collective agreement for bus crews
- The collective agreement for bus stations
- The collective agreement for clerical staff in stevedoring enterprises
- The collective agreement for drivers in commerce
- The collective agreement for driving schools
- The collective agreement for Finnair cabin crew
- The collective agreement for food industry drivers
- The collective agreement for Nordic Regional Airlines cabin crew
- The collective agreement for repair shops
- The collective agreement for taxi transport
- The collective agreement for terminal operations
- The collective agreement for the road haulage sector
- The collective agreement for the stevedoring sector
- The collective agreement for the tanker vehicle and oil products sector and associated functions
- The collective agreement for travel agencies
- The collective agreement for Viking Line employees
- The collective agreement for warehouse terminal and port workers in the forwarding industry