News and media releases
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Opening hours of the Union Office & Employment relationship counselling during summer
The Union Office is open in the summer from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The office is closed on Midsummer Eve. Due to summer holidays, the office will be closed 30.6.–31.7.2025. Therefore, it is best to contact the office in June regarding matters to be handled during the summer. After the holidays, the Office is…
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From the beginning of June, membership fees will again be collected by university employers
After the new Collective Agreement for Universities entered into force on 21 May 2025, the membership fees of members in universities will return to employer collection, i.e. only the membership fee for May must be taken care of by oneself. N.b. The invoice for May has been mailed as a letter, or if you are…
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Strike on 27 May cancelled – Parties have agreed on the new collective agreement for universities
JUKO, Pro and JHL as well as the Finnish Education Employers (FEE) have approved the conciliation proposal in the universities’ collective bargaining dispute. The strike that threatened the University of Helsinki and the University of Turku on 27 May is cancelled.
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Settlement proposal in the university collective agreement dispute
National Conciliator Anu Sajavaara has presented a settlement proposal in the university collective agreement dispute on Monday, 19 May. The parties have been asked to respond by Wednesday, 21 May, at 11:00. JUKO’s university negotiation council (yliopistoneuvottelukunta) and board will review the proposal on Tuesday. JUKO will announce i…
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Opening hours of the Union Office during summer
The Union Office is open in the summer from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The office is closed on Midsummer Eve. Due to summer holidays, the office will be closed 30.6.–31.7.2025. Therefore, it is best to contact the office in June regarding matters to be handled during the summer. After the holidays, the Office is open again on 1 August 2025.
Employment relationship counselling during summer
Due to the summer holidays, the employment relationship counselling of the members of the Finnish Union of University Professors will be provided by Kasanen & Vuorinen Attorneys Ltd during 30.6.–1.8.2025. Kasanen & Vuorinen Attorneys Ltd is a firm specialising in employment and civil service law matters and acts as a partner of the Union.
Varying Akava membership benefits
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Professors’ blog
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Dying of the light
Ever since the exodus of European scientists in the 1930s, people the world over have looked up to the US as the bastion of free enquiry and intellectual ingenuity, backed up by stalwart public support for science and academia. This is the world in which I grew up, forging part of my own scientific career…
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Into darkness
It’s very hard to write about the current state of global science without getting sucked into the whirlpool of events in the United States that is perceived by most of our colleagues as nothing short of disastrous. However, so much has been written about it already. And by the time this blogpiece goes out some…
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Acatiimi
Acatiimi is the member and stakeholder magazine for the Finnish Union of University Professors, the Finnish Union of University Researchers and Teachers (FUURT) and the Union for University Teachers and Researchers in Finland (YLL).