Mari-Leena Talvitie, chair of TEK's board, will become Minister for Science and Culture in January. TEK's General Council will elect a new chair at the spring council in March.

TEK's board has decided that emissions will be offset or sequestered elsewhere. So TEK is involved in an Ethiopian afforestation project, an Indian small hydropower and solar energy project, and a biochar project in Germany.

According to Maria Löfgren, President of Akava, we now need to invest in supporting well-being at work and work capacity in a variety of ways. One way would be to include brief psychotherapy in occupational health care services.

Engineers are looking for a 5% increase, but higher figures have also been reported in competing countries. TEK’s aim is to increase the purchasing power of its members.

The Academic Engineers and Architects in Finland TEK is opposed to the idea of restricting conciliation through legislation, as this is detrimental to free sectoral wage formation.

August saw the end of job alternation leave and September will bring even stricter terms for accessing the earnings-related unemployment allowance.