The Confederation of Unions for Professional and Managerial Staff in Finland (Akava) 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 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, ...

representings employees with university-level, professional or other high-level training. It has 36 affiliated unions with a combined membership of 611,000. Akava is a central organization i.e. the individual members are not personally members of Akava but of a

which is a member of Akava. Akava has 36 member unions, the largest of which are the Trade Union of Education in Finland (OAJ), the Finnish Association of Graduate Engineers (TEK), the Union of Professional Engineers in Finland (UIL), the Finnish Association of Business School Graduates, Union of Sales and Marketing Professionals and . The

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), ...

(SJPL) is also affiliated. On November 14, 2022 Maria Löfgren was elected as President of Akava. Akava is affiliated with the European Trade Union Confederation and Eurocadres . Akava is one of the three central organizations representing Finnish employees, the other two being the Finnish Confederation of Salaried Employees (STTK) and the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions (SAK).

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* * International Trade Union Confederation Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD European Trade Union Confederation Council of Nordic Trade Unions Trade unions established in 1950 {{Finland-org-stub