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Finnish trade union representation to the EU

Acronym: FinUnions

General Information

Identification Code: 774047715805-95
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Entity Form: association
Registration Category: Trade unions and professional associations
Registration Date: 1/28/2015
Last Update: 12/22/2023
EP Accredited Number: 1

Mission & Interests

Goals: FinUnions represents Finnish trade union confederations (SAK and STTK) in Brussels. FinUnions is representing two Finnish trade union confederations from Finland in Brussels. Our mission is to represent the views and interests of our affiliates in Finland. Our main tasks are to contact EU decisionmakers and other key groups by representing our main focus areas. In our activities, we are also focusing on EU communication through different channels and by newsletters to our Finnish trade unions and their members. For further information on the confederations and their objectives: FinUnions: www.finunions.org SAK: www.sak.fi STTK: www.sttk.fi
Interests Represented: Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Interests:
  • Business and industry
  • Climate action
  • Digital economy and society
  • Economy, finance and the euro
  • Education and training
  • Employment and social affairs
  • Environment
  • Institutional affairs
  • International co-operation and development
  • Justice and fundamental rights
  • Single market
  • Taxation
  • Trade
Levels of Interest:
  • european
  • national

Activities

Main EU Legislative Proposals: FinUnions follows all EU policies that are relevant to the interests of the members of our affiliated trade unions, and of employees more generally. Our particular focus is on social, labour and economic policies. FinUnions works on behalf of its member federations to ensure that the voice of workers in Finland is heard in European policy-making.
Communication Activities: FinUnions publishes information on working life related EU policies and decision making. We also cooperate with various partners in order to raise issues that are important to our members.
EU Supported Forums and Platforms: Advisory Committee on free movement of workers#X01784#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=1784 #MEMBER #C#Employees/workers
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: Unofficial groupings,Trade unions

Head Office

Address: FinUnionsBoulevard du Jardin Botanique 20
Post Code: 1000
City: Brussels
Country: BELGIUM
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EU Office

Address: FinUnionsBoulevard du Jardin Botanique 20
Post Code: 1000
City: Brussels
Country: BELGIUM
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Financial Data

New Organisation: false
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Membership Information

Members10 Percent: 0
Members25 Percent: 0
Members50 Percent: 0
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 2
Members F T E: 2
Info Members: In addition to the FinUnions staff, trade union specialists from Finland occasionally participate in our activities in Brussels.

Structure

Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: FinUnions represents the trade union confederations in Finland. They are also members of our association. The Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions SAK: www.sak.fi The Finnish Confederation of Professionals STTK: www.sttk.fi The total membership of their affiliated unions is 1.4 million.
Organisation Members: European Trade Union Confederation ETUC https://etuc.org/