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Do you want a seat in JHL’s Union Council? Join the trade union in September

14.9.2026

In the Union Council you will be making decisions on the future course of Trade Union JHL. Nomination of candidates for the Union Council elections begins in October. You can become a candidate when you join JHL before the end of September.

Do you want to be involved in deciding what Trade Union JHL should focus on and how the union spends money?

If you answered yes, you should become a candidate in JHL’s Union Council elections.

Nomination of candidates opens in the beginning of October. If you are not a JHL member yet, join the union during September to be eligible for candidacy.

What is JHL’s Union Council?

  • The Union Council is Trade Union JHL’s highest decision-making body.
  • The Union Council for example decides the amount of JHL’s membership fee and approves the trade union’s budget and financial statements.
  • The Union Council consists of 120 council members.
  • The members are chosen by election.
  • The term of the Union Council is five years.

Learn more about what the Union Council does

Are you interested? That’s great! You will find everything you need to know about JHL’s elections on our elections page.

JHL’s Union Council elections 2027

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!

Join JHL!
Sinistä taivasta vasten suuri oranssi ammattiliitto JHL:n logolla varustettu ilmapallo.

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