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OAJ

OAJ

PL 20
00521 HELSINKI
p. 020 748 9600

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  • 020 748 9755
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  • Trade Union of Education in Finland



    Trade Union of Education in Finland
    Opetusalan Ammattijärjestö OAJ

     
    P.O.Box 20 (Rautatieläisenkatu 6)
    FI-00521 Helsinki,
    Finland

    Tel: +358-20-748 9600
    Fax: +358-9-145 821 (office)
    E-mail: oaj@oaj.fi

    To send e-mail to individuals at OAJ, follow the format firstname.surname@oaj.fi

    The trade union work begun in Finland in 1893 and OAJ was founded on December 28, 1973. Today the membership is 120 011 (1.1.2010).

    OAJ's highest decision-making body is the Council, meetings are held twice  a year. Between Council meetings, the executive board, lead by president Mr. Erkki Kangasniemi, is the decision-making body.

    OAJ's central office and 11 regional offices serve the member associations, elected officials and teacher members. OAJ also provides its members several advantages and benefits e.g. the services of elected officials and the OAJ advice and consultation services, membership in Teachers' Unemployment Benefit Fund, various insurance benefits, the Opettaja -magazine as well as holiday and recreation services.

    Information about OAJ members

    The union represents teachers at various school levels and institutes of learning, ranging from day-care center teachers to lecturers in universities and vocational school teachers. We also work together with the Finnish Teacher Student Association SOOL and veteran teachers. In Finland over 95 percent of the teachers are OAJ members.

    Breakdown of members by gender
    - women 74 %
    - men 26 %

    OAJ as a negotiator and speaker for education

    The OAJ is in charge of the safeguarding of teachers' interests in Finland. It is the only trade union which conducts negotiations on the terms of the teachers' employment contracts. Salaries and working hours are determined in the collective agreement.

    Central organisation

    OAJ is a member of the Confederation of Unions for Professional and Managerial Staff in Finland AKAVA as its' largest member union. The membership of AKAVA is 536 792. The JUKO, the Negotiation Organisation for Public Sector Professionals, safeguards the interests of the AKAVA public sector as the chief negotiating agent. AKAVA is a member of the Nordic Cooperative Organisation NFS and also the ETUC, ICFTU and TUAC.

    International matters

    OAJ is a member of the Nordic Teachers' Council NLS, European Trade Union Committee for Education ETUCE and Education International EI. In addition to bilateral collaboration with individual European organisations, OAJ is involved in cooperation projects in Africa.