OAJ negotiates wages and working conditions on your behalf
Contract negotiations are a key membership benefit. The collective agreement negotiations of OAJ members cover many particulars, such as salary, working hours, leave and matters related to wellbeing at work.
Get to know OAJ's official and collective agreements
OAJ members work under ten different official and collective agreements. Learn more about situations specific to the contract sector.
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Collective bargaining 21.03.2025Agreement on 2025 salary increases for universities of applied sciencesOAJ, 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.
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Collective bargaining 18.03.2025Salary revision negotiations result achieved at universities of applied sciences
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Collective bargaining 04.02.2025Negotiations on the university collective agreement begin
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Collective bargaining 28.01.2025Negotiations on second-year salary increases for universities of applied sciences begin
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Collective bargaining 17.09.2024Collective agreement negotiations in the private early childhood education sector begin
