Confederation of Unions for Academic Professionals in Finland
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The Confederation of Unions for Academic Professionals in Finland (AKAVA) is a trade union
confederation in Finland
. It represents employees with university-level, professional or other high-level training. It has a membership of 448,000.
AKAVA is a central union meaning that people are not personally members of AKAVA but of a trade union
which is a member of AKAVA. AKAVA has 31 member unions, the most important of which are Trade Union of Education in Finland, Union of Professional Engineers in Finland, Talentia, The Finnish Association of Graduate Engineers
, Finnish Association of Business School Graduates (SEFE), and Finnish Medical Association.
AKAVA is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation
, the Council of Nordic Trade Unions, and the European Trade Union Confederation
.
AKAVA's counterparts are the Finnish Confederation of Salaried Employees
(STTK) and the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions
(SAK).
Trade union
A trade union, trades union or labor union is an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labour contracts with...
confederation in Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
. It represents employees with university-level, professional or other high-level training. It has a membership of 448,000.
AKAVA is a central union meaning that people are not personally members of AKAVA but of a trade union
Trade union
A trade union, trades union or labor union is an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labour contracts with...
which is a member of AKAVA. AKAVA has 31 member unions, the most important of which are Trade Union of Education in Finland, Union of Professional Engineers in Finland, Talentia, The Finnish Association of Graduate Engineers
Finnish Association of Graduate Engineers
Finnish Association of Graduate Engineers TEK is a Finnish trade union of university-educated engineers, architects and scientists. In addition, the TEK is a learned society and the professional body of the engineering profession, and a member of the Finnish Federation of Learned Societies...
, Finnish Association of Business School Graduates (SEFE), and Finnish Medical Association.
AKAVA is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation
International Trade Union Confederation
The International Trade Union Confederation is the world's largest trade union federation. It was formed on November 1, 2006 out of the merger of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions and the World Confederation of Labour...
, the Council of Nordic Trade Unions, and the European Trade Union Confederation
European Trade Union Confederation
The European Trade Union Confederation is a trade union organization which was established in 1973 to represent workers and their national affiliates at the European level....
.
AKAVA's counterparts are the Finnish Confederation of Salaried Employees
Finnish Confederation of Salaried Employees
The Finnish Confederation of Salaried Employees is a trade union confederation in Finland. It has a membership of 650,000 and represents salaried employees in Finland....
(STTK) and the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions
Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions
The Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions, usually referred to by the acronym SAK is the largest trade union confederation in Finland...
(SAK).