The Finnish Union of Practical Nurses (SuPer, , ) 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 ...

Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...

. SuPer is the largest trade union in Finland for professionals with vocational upper-secondary qualifications in social and health care or education and guidance, and those studying in these fields. The union was founded in 1948, and soon affiliated to the

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 ...

(TVK). In 1992, the TVK went bankrupt, and the union transferred to the Finnish Confederation of Professionals (STTK). By 2005, the union had more than 63,000 members.

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