At the beginning of 2024, Akava’s total membership across its unions was 623,299, which is 7,293 more than the previous year.

The world’s most sensitive photodetector, an environmentally friendly weather balloon and the use of machine learning to detect Parkinson’s disease. These are the topics of the winning theses in 2023 that received awards from TEK, TFiF and MAL.

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The 70 seats on the TEK General Council have been filled at the election. Politically aligned electoral alliances won extra seats. More members than before voted electronically, and the charity campaign raised almost €35,000.

A total of 11,652 electronic votes were cast in TEK’s General Council election. For each electronic vote, TEK promised to donate 3 euros to an environmental cause, and electronic voters also got to choose the cause they wanted to support. The most votes were given to a donation for the Baltic Sea through John Nurminen Foundation.

A clear majority are proud of working or studying in the field of technology. A pioneering study by Engineers Finland is the first in Finland to examine the sense of belonging in the field. Approximately 80% of the respondents felt they belong in the field.

A total of 70 General Council members will be elected in TEK’s election in March to represent almost 80,000 TEK members both within TEK and more broadly in the labour market. A total of 406 candidates are standing for election.

Now is the time to check your member information. It is important that your information is up to date in the member portal. This way, the notification of new messages from TEK will reach you.

We asked the chairs of the factions with seats on the current General Council about their achievements in the past term and how TEK’s activities should be improved in future.

According to ANE’s recent report, there is a need for a diverse set of engineering skills in the Nordics to achieve the green transition. Each Nordic country has a slightly different focus on green technologies and therefore different skill requirements as well. The report also identifies a need to harmonize the Nordic market.

The negotiations in the municipality sector have continued with the national mediator. Negotiations in the university sector continue as well.

According to a recent report, the green transition requires more tech talent and broader transferable skills, such as continuous learning and resilience in a rapidly evolving work environment.