JHL - The Biggest Trade Union in Finland

2. JHL – THE BIGGEST IN FINLAND • JHL is a tradeunion with 230,000 members, of which • 70 % female • 30 % male • The membership includes nearly 2,500 professional titles

3. MANY VOICES, MANY TRADES • Careservices for children and elderly • Health careassistants • Domesticservices • Assistance in schoolwork • Nutritionservices • Property maintanence • Cleaningservices • Office and administrationservices • Technical services and transport • Railway professionals [Tekijä]

4. BROAD REPRESENTATION • JHL represents different labour market sectors The state Private service sectors Municipalities Transport Agriculture and forestry Industry Retail and wholesale trade, accommodation and food services Construction

5. MEMBERS WORKING IN THE PUBLIC SERVICES AND PRIVATE WELFARE SERVICES SECTORS • Public services constitute all services provided by central or local government (e.g. health services, schools, universities, police, road maintenance, day care, services for the elderly, government office services, library services). • Private welfare services constitute all services financed through taxes but provided by a private service provider (e.g. private social and health services, services provided by private vocational schools, sports club activities, services offered in the agriculture and counselling sectors). [Tekijä]

6. STRONG ADVOCACY JHL bargains in foursectors: • municipal, • state • church • private welfare services. • appr. 100 collective agreements

7. TRIPARTISM IN FINLAND The State - Government - Prime minister Employee’s central organisations - SAK - STTK - AKAVA Employers’ central organisations - EK - KT - VTML - KiT

8. FINNISH CENTRAL ORGANISATIONS EMPLOYEES’ SAK The Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions STTK The Finnish Confederation of salaried Employees AKAVA The Confederation of Unions for Academic Professionals in Finland EMPLOYERS’ EK Confederation of Finnish Industries VTML The State Employers’ Office KT The Commission for Local Authority Employers KiT The Church of Finland Negotiating Commission

9. Trade unions Employee Employees’ central organisations Income policy Collective agreement Contract of employment The State Employers’ central organisations Employers unions Employer

10. The Collective Agreement System Centralised Agreements General Agreements Collective Agreement Locally Settled Agreements Contract of employment Employees’ Central Organisation Trade Union Employee Shop Steward Employee Employer’s Central Organisation Employers’ Union Employer Employer

11. UNITED UNDER ONE ROOF • JHL Head Office • 200 employees • JHL Unemployment Fund • 60 employees • JHL Institute • 30 employees

12. EXTENSIVE NETWORK • 11 regional offices and 3 additional units • 60 employees • Nearly 670 local branches with member counts varying from tens to thousands • Nearly 13,000 active members • Over 6,000 shop stewards and occupational safety representatives [Tekijä]

13. JHL – ORGANISATION UNION COUNCIL 120 representatives EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 25 members CENTRAL OFFICE AND REGIONAL OFFICES Local branches (670) Organisational members Prision Officers’ Union Unemployment fund Customs Officers’ Union JHL Institute Border Security Union Non-commissioned officers’ union

14. ORGANISATION

15. STRATEGY – GUIDING OUR WAY JHL values MEMBER FOCUS VIGILANCE COLLECTIVENESS FAIRNESS COOPERATIVENESS

16. STRATEGY – GUIDING OUR WAY United vision JHL unites professionals in different fields and ensures their work is appreciated. Broad mission JHL promotes its members’ livelihood, well-being at work, work safety and possibilities to participate and influence their work. We also advance fair working conditions, fairness in the labour market and high-quality public services.

17. STRATEGY – GUIDING OUR WAY • The strategy is built on solid agreements and skilled advocates. • Strong advocacy is based on strong local branches.

18. STRATEGY – GUIDING OUR WAY JHL strategic goals • To improve members’ well-being and status in the labour market • To strengthen local representation • To develop representation for the needs of the changing work environment and new types of employment relationships – fixed-term, part-time, temporary, social enterprise etc. • To develop the agreement and bargaining systems • To enhance cooperation with central organisations and negotiate extensive agreements • To ensure high-quality and well-functioning public services • To support active members and membership services

19. STRATEGY – GUIDING OUR WAY JHL • is an efficient advocate of interests in both public and private welfare services • promotes the realisation of the principle of equal pay for equal work • works to improve terms of payment and conditions of employment • encourages members to be active at the workplace • actively seeks to increase fairness in working life.

20. MEMBERSHIP IN JHL • Principal of organisation is based on the workingcommunity – employees at a particularworkplacebelong to the same JHL localbranch • Membership fee is 1.38 % of the gross pay • union membership counts for 1.05 of the fee • unemployment fund for 0,33 % • The membership fee is tax-deductible • 20 % of the union membership fee is returned to local branches to be used in local interest promotion and other local activities

21. MINDING OUR MEMBERS Membership benefits • Strong advocacy – broad network of shop stewards, advice on collective agreements, legal services • Unemployment security services • Free or affordable training • Activities for students and young people • Holiday benefits • Traveller’s insurance • Discount on fuel • Members only offers and discounts • Member events and trips

22. TRADE UNION EDUCATION • JHL offers versatile training for members − to strengthentheir competence in union activities and advocacy work and, also, for purely recreational purposes. • The course selection of the JHL Institute includes training in shop steward duties, occupational safety and joint consultation, union activities, computer skills and study courses for occupation-specific needs. • Most courses take place in Helsinki at the JHL Institute in the union headquarters. In addition, training is organised regionally and as multiform learning.

23. Training for shop stewards • Introducturycourses (collectiveagreements, negotiationskills, labour legislation, membershiprecruitment) • Followupcourses on specificsectorsorspecificthemes Training for occupationalsafetyombudsmen • Introducturycourses (legislation, negotiationskills) • Followupcourses (wellbeing at work, safetyregulations for machinery) Employeris responsible for the costs [Tekijä]

24. Training on jointconsultation • For members of jointconsultationcommittees, shop stewards, occupationalsafety • Introducturycourses • Thematicalcourses ( for exampleintroduction to municipalor business economics) [Tekijä]

25. COMMUNICATION – KEY TO COOPERATION • Motiivi, JHL'smagazine for members • Issued 13 times per year • Circulation 230,000 • Aktiivi, a magazine for the union's active members (in positions of trust) • Issued 4 times per year • Circulation 10,000 • www.jhl.fi • Union website • 24h Member Service with separate sites for members and actives including course sign-up, information on membership benefits and reservations for JHL’s holiday resorts, JHL-SHOP for members and local branches, advertisement service for Motiivi magazine and working groups • Social media (Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn, Pinterest) • Member newsletter, issued once a month