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The Trade Union of Education in Finland, OAJ

OAJ is the only labour market organisation that protects the interests of education, training and research sector professionals from early childhood education to adult education and training.

 
Publication

06.09.2021

Guidebook for OAJ members working in higher education
News

24.08.2021

The system reform is progressing with a few issues – membership services are congested
News

05.06.2021

The President of Finland’s greeting to all the teachers and learners
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Shaping Futures – read and participate!

Teachers are tasked with shaping the future. They are creating the foundation for tomorrow’s world. Teachers do follow an agenda. They have committed themselves to significant values, such as education and fairness.   Read 11 stories about commitment and participate!

Shaping Futures

Your working conditions are under negotiations

OAJ-members’ collective agreements will end in on 31 March, 2020. OAJ will be negotiating a new agreement for 84,000 working members.

OAJ negotiates

Q & A on Covid-19 and education

How does the coronavirus affect the work of teachers and other OAJ members? We have put together a list of answers to your questions and concerns.

Q & A
 

Join the union!

As OAJ’s member you receive the most important benefit: advocacy. To join the union, you must work as an employee in the education, training or research sector. The union fee is determined based on your gross earnings, and it is tax deductible.

Join OAJ

Membership benefits

As OAJ’s member, you will receive many benefits in addition to representation – both in your work and your free time.

Membership benefits
 

Follow our blogs

17.12.2019

Collective bargaining

We are now ready for the negotiations

Ollin blogi

24.07.2019

Quality of education

The Future of the Teaching Profession

Ollin blogi

15.03.2019

Education system

We need a shared vision of a better future and a long-term plan for funding education

Ollin blogi
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Publications

Membership benefits

06.09.2021

Guidebook for OAJ members working in higher education

If you are a teacher or researcher working at a university or university of applied sciences, OAJ is the trade union for you! The operations...
Membership benefits

01.06.2021

Member Guide

Union membership protects you in the working life. As a member, you are not left alone when you need help or advice. You have the support of...
Working conditions

08.11.2019

Improvements needed in working conditions, work planning and salary issues

The survey reveals the views of YLL’s members on salaries, work loads and well-being at work. What is positive is that more than 70% of the ...
 

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