The Trade Union for the Public and Welfare Sectors JHL.

The Trade Union for the Public and Welfare Sectors JHL


JHL – THE BIGGEST IN FINLANDJHL – THE BIGGEST IN FINLAND

• JHL is a trade union with 230,000 members, of which

• 70 % female• 30 % male

• The membershipincludes nearly 2,500professional titles


MANY VOICES, MANY TRADES

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• Care services for children and elderly• Health care assistants• Domestic services• Assistance in school work• Nutrition services• Property maintanence• Cleaning services• Office and administration services• Technical services and transport• Railway professionals


BROAD REPRESENTATIONBROAD REPRESENTATION

• JHL represents different labour market sectors

Transport

Agriculture and forestry

Retail and wholesale trade, accommodation and food services

Industry

Privateservice sectors

Municipalities

The state

Construction


MEMBERS WORKING IN THE PUBLIC SERVICES AND PRIVATE WELFARE SERVICES SECTORS

• Public services constitute all services provided by central or local government (e.g. health services, schools, universities, police, road maintenance, day care, services for the elderly, government office services, library services).

• Private welfare services constitute all services financed through taxes but provided by a private service provider (e.g. private social and health services, services provided by private vocational schools, sports club activities, services offered in the agriculture and counselling sectors).

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STRONG ADVOCACYSTRONG ADVOCACY

JHL bargains in four sectors:

•municipal, •state •church •private welfare services.

•appr. 100 collective agreements


TRIPARTISM IN FINLAND

The State- Government- Prime minister

Employee’scentralorganisations- SAK- STTK- AKAVA

Employers’centralorganisations- EK- KT- VTML- KiT


FINNISH CENTRAL ORGANISATIONS

EMPLOYEES’

SAK The Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions

STTK The Finnish Confederation of salaried Employees

AKAVA The Confederation of Unions for Academic Professionals in Finland

EMPLOYERS’

EK Confederation of Finnish Industries

VTML The State Employers’ Office

KT The Commission for Local Authority Employers

KiT The Church of Finland Negotiating Commission


Employee

Tradeunions

Employees’centralorganisations

Employer Employersunions

Employers’centralorganisations

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Contract ofemployment

Collectiveagreement

Incomepolicy


The Collective Agreement System

Employer’s CentralOrganisation

Employers’ Union

Employer

Employer

Employees’ CentralOrganisation

Trade Union

Employee ShopSteward

Employee

CentralisedAgreements

GeneralAgreements

CollectiveAgreement

Locally SettledAgreements

Contract ofemployment


UNITED UNDER ONE ROOF

•JHL Head Office• 200 employees

•JHL Unemployment Fund• 60 employees

•JHL Institute• 30 employees


EXTENSIVE NETWORK

• 11 regional offices and 3 additional units• 60 employees

• Nearly 670 local branches with member counts varying from tens to thousands

• Nearly 13,000 active members

• Over 6,000 shop stewards and occupational safety representatives

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JHL – ORGANISATION

Local branches (670)

Prision Officers’ Union

Customs Officers’ Union

Border Security Union

Organisational members

UNION COUNCIL120 representatives

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE25 members

CENTRAL OFFICE AND REGIONAL OFFICES

Unemployment fund

JHL Institute

Non-commissioned officers’ union


ORGANISATIONORGANISATION


STRATEGY – GUIDING OUR WAY STRATEGY – GUIDING OUR WAY

MEMBER FOCUS

VIGILANCE

COLLECTIVENESS

FAIRNESS

COOPERATIVENESS

JHL values



United vision

JHL unites professionals in different fields and ensures their work is appreciated.

Broad mission JHL promotes its members’ livelihood, well-being at work, work safety and possibilities to participate and influence their work. We also advance fair working conditions, fairness in the labour market and high-quality public services.



• The strategy is built on solid agreements and skilled advocates.

• Strong advocacy is based on strong local branches.



JHL strategic goals

•To improve members’ well-being and status in the labour market

•To strengthen local representation

•To develop representation for the needs of the changing work environment and new types of employment relationships – fixed-term, part-time, temporary, social enterprise etc.

•To develop the agreement and bargaining systems

•To enhance cooperation with central organisations and negotiate extensive agreements

•To ensure high-quality and well-functioning public services

•To support active members and membership services



JHL

•is an efficient advocate of interests in both public and private welfare services

•promotes the realisation of the principle of equal pay for equal work

•works to improve terms of payment and conditions of employment

•encourages members to be active at the workplace

•actively seeks to increase fairness in working life.


MEMBERSHIP IN JHL

• Principal of organisation is based on the working community – employees at a particular workplace belong to the same JHL local branch

• Membership fee is 1.38 % of the gross pay• union membership counts for 1.05 of the fee• unemployment fund for 0,33 %

• The membership fee is tax-deductible

• 20 % of the union membership fee is returned to local branches to be used in local interest promotion and other local activities


MINDING OUR MEMBERSMINDING OUR MEMBERS

Membership benefits

•Strong advocacy – broad network of shop stewards, advice on

collective agreements, legal services

•Unemployment security services

•Free or affordable training

•Activities for students and young people

•Holiday benefits

•Traveller’s insurance

•Discount on fuel

•Members only offers and discounts

•Member events and trips


TRADE UNION EDUCATIONTRADE UNION EDUCATION

• JHL offers versatile training for members − to strengthen their competence in union activities and advocacy work and, also, for purely recreational purposes.

• The course selection of the JHL Institute includes training in shop steward duties, occupational safety and joint consultation, union activities, computer skills and study courses for occupation-specific needs.

• Most courses take place in Helsinki at the JHL Institute in the union headquarters. In addition, training is organised regionally and as multiform learning.


Training for shop stewards•Introductury courses (collective agreements, negotiation skills, labour legislation, membership recruitment)

•Follow up courses on specific sectors or specific themes

Training for occupational safety ombudsmen•Introductury courses (legislation, negotiation skills)•Follow up courses (wellbeing at work, safety regulations for machinery)

Employer is responsible for the costs

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Training on joint consultation•For members of joint consultation committees, shop stewards, occupational safety•Introductury courses•Thematical courses ( for example introduction to municipal or business economics)

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COMMUNICATION – KEY TO COOPERATION COMMUNICATION – KEY TO COOPERATION

• Motiivi, JHL's magazine for members• Issued 13 times per year• Circulation 230,000

• Aktiivi, a magazine for the union's active members(in positions of trust)• Issued 4 times per year• Circulation 10,000

• www.jhl.fi• Union website• 24h Member Service with separate sites for members

and actives including course sign-up, information on membership benefits and reservations for JHL’s holiday resorts, JHL-SHOP for members and local branches, advertisement service for Motiivi magazine and working groups

• Social media (Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn, Pinterest)

• Member newsletter, issued once a month

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