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Else-Mai Kirvesniemi appointed as STTK’s President

| 18.12.2025

Else-Mai Kirvesniemi, Master of Laws with court training, has been elected as the new President of STTK. The...

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STTK on Women’s Pay Day: The Pay Transparency Directive reveals Finland’s true will for equality

Antti Palola | 31.10.2025

Naisten palkkapäivää vietetään tänä vuonna sunnuntaina 2. marraskuuta. Se tarkoittaa, että naiset tekevät töitä lähes kaksi kuukautta ilman...

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Study: Immigrant women feel that the social climate in Finland has deteriorated

| 10.9.2025

More than half of the highly educated immigrant women who responded to the survey estimated that the social...

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STTK: The Government’s legislative projects weaken women’s position in working life

Antti Palola | 10.3.2025

The Finnish Government is planning to lower the dismissal threshold and allow fixed-term employment of up to one...

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STTK: Implementation of the minimum wage directive gives a false impression of the situation in Finland

Sanna Rantala | 3.12.2024

This year, a tripartite working group has prepared the national implementation of the directive of the European Parliament...

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STTK on Equal Pay Day: Export model and unambitious promotion of salary transparency undermine pay equality

| 7.11.2024

This year, the Equal Pay Day is on Tuesday, 5 November. On that day, women’s earnings account for...

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STTK hopes that new MEPs cooperate with employees

Antti Palola | 13.6.2024

New MEPs have been elected and the Board of STTK congratulates all new Finnish MEPs.“Our new members are...

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Free Summer Job Helpline helps summer employees throughout summer

| 3.5.2024

The Summer Job Helpline service of the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions (SAK), the Confederation of Unions...

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Palola, STTK: Finland must commit itself to improving workers’ well-being and economic stability in the EU

Antti Palola | 14.2.2024

STTK President Antti Palola thinks that Finland must continue to commit itself to building Europe through cooperation. Populist...