Meeting of the Board of the Union on 21 March 2025
The Board of the Finnish Union of University Professors met on 21 March 2025 and discussed, among other things, the state of the negotiations for a new collective agreement for universities.
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HERSC: We stand in solidarity with American colleagues and students in times of authoritarianism and science denial
The Higher Education Research Standing Committee (HERSC) of ETUCE held its regular meeting in Brussels on 11–12 March. Professor Markku Vieru from the University of Lapland represented Finland and the Finnish Union of University Professors at the meeting. Photo: HERSC US solidarity resolution March 2025; As members of the Higher Education Research Standing Committee (HERSC)…
Meeting of the Board of the Union on 7 March 2025
The Board of the Finnish Union of University Professors met on 7 March 2025 and received, among other things, a report on the labour market situation.
Statement by the Finnish Union of University Professors to the Education and Culture Committee on amendments to the Act on the Research Council of Finland (Academy of Finland)
The freedom of research guaranteed by the Constitution must not be curtailed. The direction of science must be realised primarily through criticism by the scientific community itself. According to the Union, the wording of the Government’s proposal on the Research Council of Finland has failed in terms of safety, and it should be changed. The…
Meeting of the Board of the Union on 14 February 2025
The Board of the Finnish Union of University Professors met on 14 February 2025 and discussed, among other things, the change negotiations at Åbo Akademi.
If implemented, the layoffs at Åbo Akademi University would be a wet rag on the face of the university community – they would not bring a long-term solution
The change negotiations at Åbo Akademi University have ended in disagreement. According to the negotiation proposal, the university is considering an organisational reform and the redundancies of approximately 50 people in order to balance the finances in the longer term, as well as laying off the entire staff in order to reduce costs of 2025….
Collective bargaining negotiations for universities are about to start
Negotiations on a collective agreement for universities start on 4 February 2025. The validity of the general collective agreement for universities ends on 31 March 2025.
2025 Pension reform
According to the calculations of the Finnish Centre for Pensions, the reform strengthens pension financing. Estimated at the contribution level, the overall reform would reduce the pension contributions under the Employees Pensions Act (TyEL) by, on average, 1.5 percentage points. The equity weight will rise which will increase the pension assets. Pensions will be determined…
Presenting the new Chair of the Union Teija Laitinen
Teija Laitinen stepped into her role as the Chair of the Finnish Union of University Professors on 1 January 2025.
Meeting of the Union Board on 10 January 2025
The Board of the Finnish Union of University Professors met on 10 January 2025 and appointed, among other things, committees and working groups.