AKT operates on land, in the air and at sea. AKT is interested in the salary that its members in different sectors are paid. That’s why it’s worth joining the union and getting involved in questions concerning salaries and working conditions. AKT constantly aims to improve salaries and ensure good working conditions.
AKT is Finland’s largest trade union for professionals in the transport and logistics sector. AKT represents roughly 38,000 transport professionals as members – from flight crews to drivers of combined vehicles. AKT unites workers in the sector and improves working conditions with 120 years of experience.
AKT negotiates collective agreements for 17 different sectors. Its main task is to ensure that wages, working conditions and occupational safety are improved and kept up to date with other developments in society. The union also monitors that employment agreements are complied with. AKT is a significant voice in the society!
AKT members are union members through their union branches. AKT has 90 union branches as members, the largest one having around 3,000 members. Most of the branches are regional, and the largest cities also have sector-specific branches, for example for bus drivers. The branches for travel agency workers, cabin crew and foreign drivers are national.
AKT’s closest partners are the other transport unions in our country. AKT, the Finnish Postal and Logistics Union PAU, the Finnish Seafarer’s Union SMU and the Finnish Railway Union RAU together form the Transport Unions (Kuljetusliitot ry). We also work closely with the Finnish Aviation Union IAU.
AKT is a member of the Finnish Confederation of Trade Unions SAK. It has very close cooperation with SAK.
SAK has a Transport Advisory Board, and the board’s members are all SAK-affiliated transport unions. In addition, AKT is a member of the Federation of Transport Unions KAF, which includes unions from both SAK and the confederation STTK.
AKT is also a member of the Industrial Employees’ Union. Its 14 member unions represent 400,000 employees from all three confederations in Finland: SAK, STTK and Akava.
AKT is also active at international level. AKT is a member of the Nordic Transport Workers’ Federation NTF. AKT’s chair Ismo Kokko has been elected as the chair of NTF.
AKT is also a member of the European Transport Workers’ Federation ETF and the International Transport Workers’ Federation ITF. AKT’s chair Ismo Kokko has a board seat in both organisations. This gives AKT excellent opportunities to influence internationally.