Akava (Confederation of Unions for Professional and Managerial Staff in Finland) and TEK as its member union do not approve of the Government's proposed legislative amendments concerning the dismissal of employees on personal grounds. According to the proposal, a valid reason would suffice for terminating an employment contract in the future. Akava and TEK emphasise that current legislation and established case law provide a basis for employee job security.

Finland’s AI elite has received significantly more supplementary training and retraining in artificial intelligence than others. Now, everyone else needs training too, says Mikko Särelä, expert for industrial and innovation policy at Academic Engineers and Architects in Finland TEK.

The spring of strikes brought highly educated professionals more or less the same pay rises as everyone else. TEK members will see their salaries rise by thousands of euros between 2025 and 2027.

The municipal and county elections are being held as we speak. This time, TEK has seven municipal and county election goals. Read and embrace them and make a difference!

TEK’s student liaisons, known as opiskelijayhdyshenkilöt or tykit in Finnish, support local student cultures and encourage new students to become members of TEK. They know what is happening on campuses now and in the future.

TEK's decision-making is based on member democracy. Read more about the different decision-making bodies in this article.

YTN, which negotiates salaries also for many TEK members, has issued strike warnings for the technology industry. In this article, we put together some questions and answers on the subject.

Collective agreement negotiations for senior salaried employees is making slow progress as the employers' association Technology Industry Employers of Finland and the employees' Industrial Union have not reached an agreement.

According to TEK's labour market survey, the most common reason for a salary increase was once again a general increase based on a collective agreement.

The recommendation is based on data from TEK's surveys of recent graduates' salaries.

Mari-Leena Talvitie, chair of TEK's board, will become Minister for Science and Culture in January. TEK's General Council will elect a new chair at the spring council in March.

TEK's board has decided that emissions will be offset or sequestered elsewhere. So TEK is involved in an Ethiopian afforestation project, an Indian small hydropower and solar energy project, and a biochar project in Germany.