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How to join?

Any individual engaged in working life or studying within higher education is welcome to join an Akava affiliate union. The unions welcome students, employees, self-employed professionals and entrepreneurs. The jaseneksi.fi service will help you in finding a suitable union on the basis of your field of education or your degree.

If you are in working life, you can contact the shop steward or representative of Akava unions at your workplace and they will assist you in selecting a suitable union.


Akava's General Group

Akava's General Group (AYR) aims to promote its members' social, economic, occupational and educational benefits. With its actions AYR also wants to promote the cohesion and unity of the highly educated people. AYR's goal is to enforce its members' wages/salaries and other benefits up to date and to correct possible shortcomings. Akava General Group is an inexpensive route to an organized trade union activity and it is a responsible and reliable trustee of its members' interests.

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Tehtävä ja toiminta

AYR is an Akava affiliate and also a member of Vakava. Vakava is a collaborative organisation representing small and medium-sized Akava affiliates in collective bargaining. It serves as the supervisor of the members’ financial interests and as a party to negotiations and agreements. Through Vakava, AYR is also a member of the Negotiation Organisation for Public Sector Professionals (JUKO) and the Federation of Professional and Managerial Staff (YTN).

Who can join

You can become a full member of AYR if you have a higher education degree from a university or a corresponding institute of education, if you hold a position comparable to those requiring a higher education or if, for some reason, you cannot or don’t want to be a member of any other Akava affiliate.

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