The Finnish Confederation of Professionals (STTK) (, ) is a

trade union A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages ...

confederation in Finland. It has a membership of 650,000 and represents salaried employees in Finland.

History

The STTK was founded in 1946, to represent STTK's counterparts are the

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. Its member organisations have a total of more than one million members, which makes up about one fif ...

(SAK) and the

Confederation of Unions for Academic Professionals in Finland The Confederation of Unions for Professional and Managerial Staff in Finland (Akava) is a trade union confederation in Finland representings employees with university-level, professional or other high-level training. It has 36 affiliated unions w ...

(AKAVA). The STTK got its current form in 1993 when most of the unions affiliated with the bankrupt

Confederation of Salaried Employees The Confederation of Salaried Employees (, TVK) was a national trade union centre in Finland. The federation was established in 1917, as the Henkisen Työn Keskusliitto. It was refounded in 1922 and 1944, then again in 1956, as TVK. Several of its ...

joined the original STTK, founded in 1946.

Member unions

Current

Affiliates in March 2020 were:

Former

*Association of Finnish Harbour Foremen *Association of Foremen and Technical Functionaries *

Confederation of State Employees' Unions – Pardia The Confederation of State Employees' Unions (Pardia, , ) was a trade union in Finland. The majority of Pardia's 60,000 members worked in governmental offices and institutions, while others were employed by public utility companies and enterpris ...

*Federation of Swedish Technicians in Finland *Finnish Engineer Officers' Union * Finnish Federation of Technicians in Special Branches SETELI *

Finnish Police Union The Finnish Police Union (, SPJL, formerly Finnish Police Federation) is a trade union representing police and associated workers in Finland. The union was founded in 1923. In 1945, it affiliated to the Finnish Federation of Trade Unions (SAK), ...

* Postal Officers' Union * Union of Sales and Marketing Professionals *Technical Functionaries of Communes * Trade Union Direct * Trade Union Nousu *

Union of Salaried Employees The Union of Salaried Employees (TU, , ) was a trade union in Finland. With 125,000 members, TU was a major trade union for workers in industry and industrial services, technics, economy and information. The union was established in 2001, when ...

References

{{Portal, Organized labour International Trade Union Confederation Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD European Trade Union Confederation Council of Nordic Trade Unions Trade unions established in 1946