Member unions
You can join the Unemployment Fund for Education and Science directly or through a trade union. If you wish to join both a trade union and the Unemployment Fund for Education and Science, contact the trade union directly. Those who are members of the unemployment fund through a trade union pay their membership fee as part of the union membership fee.
The organisations listed below have insured their members against unemployment with the Unemployment Fund for Education and Science:
- OAJ:n yleissivistävät opettajat (association for teachers in general education under OAJ)
- Local teachers’ trade union branches
- Finlands Svenska Lärarförbund FSL (Swedish Teachers’ Union in Finland)
- The Early Childhood Education Teachers Union of Finland
- OAJ:n ammatilliset opettajat OAO ry (association for vocational teachers under OAJ)
- Ammatilliset opettajat AO ry (association for vocational teachers)
- Suomen kauppa- ja kulttuuriopettajat (Union of Teachers in Business Colleges and Polytechnics in Finland SKO)
- Suomen musiikinopettajien liitto SMOL ry (Finnish Union of Music Teachers SMOL)
- Aikuisopettajien liitto AKOL ry (Trade Union of Adult Educators – AKOL)
- Teknillisten oppilaitosten opettajainliitto TOOL ry (union for teachers in technical institutions)
- Liike- ja erityisalojen opettajat ry (business and specialist teachers’ association)
- Kuurojen ja sokeain opettajainliitto KSOLLI ry (association for teachers of the deaf and blind)
- Opetus- ja sivistystoimen asiantuntijat OPSIA (association for experts in the education sector)
- Yliopistojen opetusalan liitto YLL (Union for University Teachers and Researchers in Finland, YLL)
- Suomen opettajaksi opiskelevien liitto SOOL (Teacher Student Union of Finland)
