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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.


The Union of Professional Engineers in Finland

Union of Professional Engineers in Finland safeguards its members’ interests. It has 70,000 members in its 30 regional and 6 national membership organizations.

The union's members are engineers, engineering students as well as other experts in the engineering and the information sector. Union of Professional Engineers in Finland safeguards its members’ interests on the labour market and influences the labour market.

Union of Professional Engineers in Finland offers its members expert services related to working life, e.g. advice on employment and pay issues, support for career planning and extensive membership benefits.

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Who can join

Engineers, other professionals in the technical branch as well as employees in the information sector are eligible to join affiliates of Union of Professional Engineers in Finland.

Student membership is possible since the Finnish Union of Engineering Students IOL, which protects the interests of engineering students and students in other technical fields at universities of applied sciences. IOL belongs to Union of Professional Engineers in Finland.

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