OAJ negotiates wages and working conditions on your behalf
Contract negotiations are a key membership benefit. The collective agreement negotiations of OAJ members cover many particulars, such as salary, working hours, leave and matters related to wellbeing at work.
Get to know OAJ's official and collective agreements
OAJ members work under ten different official and collective agreements. Learn more about situations specific to the contract sector.
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Read the latest news on negotiations
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Collective bargaining 09.12.2025Historical change: teaching obligation in private education sector to be reducedOAJ and Sivista (Finnish Education Employers FEE), have negotiated a solution in which the teaching obligation of teachers in comprehensive school, general upper secondary school and general upper secondary school for adults in the private education sector will be reduced.
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Collective bargaining 01.07.2025Agreement increases for the government, the private education sector and early childhood education, vocational adult education centres and universities will enter into force at the beginning of July
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Collective bargaining 21.05.2025Collective agreement for university employees – OAJ dissatisfied with the solution
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Collective bargaining 21.05.2025OAJ rejects settlement proposal concerning universities
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Collective bargaining 12.05.2025Strike notice for the Universities of Helsinki and Turku – 13,000 university employees to strike
