Are shift allowances and compensations for midweek holidays important to you? They are fruits of trade unions’ work
Do you know why you get paid more for work that you do late in the evening, at night, and in shifts at odd hours? All these bonuses are paid because they are specified in collective agreements. Your collective agreement is negotiated by your trade union.
The core mission of Trade Union JHL is to defend and improve our members’ terms and conditions of employment through negotiations.
We negotiate the terms and conditions of employment for numerous agreement sectors, and our members work in about one thousand different occupations in six occupational sectors.
We can achieve the best outcomes in negotiations when as many employees as possible are members of JHL.
Only trade union membership secures your terms and conditions of employment
In Finland, the law does not guarantee minimum wages or minimum working hours for employees. During this government term we have furthermore seen that the laws of working life can change quite drastically to the disadvantage of ordinary employees.
It is hard to even determine the monetary value of all collective agreement terms negotiated by trade unions. We have bargained the pay increases, shift allowances and pay during family leaves. Only trade union membership secures your terms and conditions of employment.
The table below shows what has been agreed better in collective agreements compared to the law.
Membership of Trade Union JHL pays off
Trade Union JHL’s membership costs only 1.1% of your income, and as our member you get many valuable benefits, such as Turva’s insurance package that is worth 280 euros (in 2025).
Join today and enjoy the great array of JHL’s membership benefits.
Join JHL!
JHL is the most diverse trade union in Finland. Our members work in about one thousand different occupations in welfare and public services. 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!
