JHL’s Union Council elections 2027
Trade Union JHL’s next Union Council elections will be in 2027. You can run for a seat on the Union Council that decides where the union should focus in its operations and how it spends money.
In the Union Council you will make decisions on the future course of Trade Union JHL and influence the Finnish working life.
The Union Council is the highest decision-making body of Trade Union JHL. You, too, can become a Union Council member when you stand for election! Nomination of candidates begins in October 2026.
You can be nominated as a candidate when you join JHL at the latest on 30 September 2026. The Central Elections Committee will confirm the numbers of elected Union Council members on 1 October 2026.
- 12 October: Nomination of candidates begins at 00:01.
- 31 October: The last day to join the union in order to be eligible to vote in the elections.
- 30 November–4 December: The register of eligible voters is available for viewing in the regional offices, period for submitting comments.
- 11 December: Nomination of candidates ends. Candidate nomination forms must be saved in the elections system by 24:00.
- 18 January: The Central Elections Committee confirms the nominated candidates.
- 25 January: The last day of posting the elections material to eligible voters.
- 8 February: Voting begins at 00:00.
- 10 February: The last day to order the elections material for those eligible voters who did not receive the material.
- 1 March: Voting ends at 12:00 noon.
- 2 March: The Central Elections Committee announces the election result.
- 15 March: Any appeals against the election result must be at JHL’s Central Office by this date.
- 2 April: The Central Elections Committee confirms the election result and the elected Union Council members and alternate members of each electoral district.
- 7–9 June: The new Union Council convenes to its constitutive meeting.
The Union Council decides for example the amount of the membership fee and approves the trade union’s budget and operational plan.
JHL’s Union Council assembles twice a year to decide about essential matters of the union, including the strategic plan, budget, and approval of the financial statements. When needed, the Union Council will also assemble in extraordinary meetings.
See here for more information on the role of JHL’s Union Council.
The Union Council has 120 elected members. Its term of office is five years.
Join JHL now, get a €50 gift card!
New fee-paying members who join Trade Union JHL between 16 March and 1 April 2026 will receive a €50 gift card to JHL Bonus Awards shop as a welcome gift.
You can be for example a social welfare or health care professional, a youth worker or an early childhood education and care professional, a cleaner, a cook, a secretary, a security guard or a train conductor, and we are your trade union!
