The second stage of the citizenship laws links unemployment benefit usage and the acquiring of citizenship. Owain Hopeaketo discusses the facts of the change and the personal impacts it will have.

"International students are the backbone of our future technology industry – we all have a duty to do more to support their financial security," write TEK's Owain Hopeaketo and Ida Parkkinen.

International experts being happy and employed in Finland is a vital part of creating the jobs that will improve the unemployment level.

Teekkari history. Teekkari traditions needed to be not just adapted, but built anew.

TEK has reached a new record number of international members, in total 4,288. “We’re thrilled that our membership is becoming more representative and more international,” says TEK’s Project Manager for International Experts Owain Hopeaketo.

A supported, secure workforce with sufficient sanctions for exploitation needs to be the direction of Finland’s future. As a union, we must continue pushing for that.

Of all the proposed and implemented laws by this government since their election in 2023, this has been perhaps the one most discussed and, especially amongst non-native Finnish residents, most feared. It is important to summarize what the law does to you as an international technology expert, writes TEK's Owain Hopeaketo.

At a time when Finland is desperate to attract talent, anti-union policies threaten to weaken the very thing that makes Finland a country worth choosing. That won’t just lead to the loss of individuals, but of whole families.

Major changes in society impact technology experts even outside the workplace. What does TEK do to influence these changes to be positive ones?

People move to Finland from every corner of the world, each one with their own story and history. We understand that with that individuality comes challenges, and that to help overcome these we need to do always better.

The poor employment situation is giving engineering students both short- and long-term fears.

The language debate is changing, but our discussion points about it are not.