OAJ and Finnish Education Employers (FEE) have approved the negotiation results on the salary increases for teaching staff for 2025 and 2026. In addition to salary increases, the negotiation result also includes guidelines for reducing the teaching obligations of general education teachers in the private education sector.

On Tuesday, 25 March, a negotiation result was reached in the negotiations on salary adjustments for 2025 and 2026 in the private education sector.

OAJ, YTN (Federation of Professional and Managerial Staff) and Sivistysala (Federation of Education Employers FEE) have approved the salary increases to be paid at universities of applied sciences for 2025. The parties have agreed on a general increase of 1.9 percent and a local share of 0.4 percent. The increases follow the general line of salary increases established at the beginning of the year.

Regarding the 2025 negotiations on salary revisions of universities of applied sciences a negotiation result was achieved on Tuesday 18th March

Negotiations on the university collective agreement begin on February 4. The negotiations will also cover the agreement provisions of teacher training schools.

Early childhood education teacher Roosa Tilles sees in her everyday life how her work benefits children, families and society as a whole. She expects the value of the work to also be reflected in salary development and the decisions of municipal decision-makers. This would help the teacher shortage that is bothering the industry subside.

As a class teacher, Esa Ukkola feels that he is doing valuable work for the future. However, during his nearly 30-year career, he has seen the persistence of pupils decrease and the workload of teachers increase. He now hopes that municipal decision-makers will give more funding to education, because the cost is even higher for society if the funding and quality of education are not secured.

Lauri Frank is a researcher whose work benefits Finnish companies directly. It is inspiring and feels meaningful. He hopes that the basic funding of universities will be increased and made sustainable, and that universities will become attractive workplaces that invest in the wellbeing and coping of employees.

OAJ, YTN and FEE are starting negotiations on salary increases for university of applied sciences personnel and the continuation of the collective agreement. The negotiations will start on 28 January with a joint seminar of the negotiating parties.

Negotiations concerning the private early childhood education sector’s own collective agreement started on 17 September 2024. The parties to the negotiations are Finnish Education Employers (FEE), the Trade Union for the Public and Welfare Sectors JHL, OAJ, SuPer and Talentia.