Become a member
Welcome aboard! You can join Tehy if you work in the social care, healthcare or early childhood education sector or are a student in any of these sectors. We have 160,000 members and are the largest union in our sectors.
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You can join as a regular member or a student member – it only takes about 5 minutes.
Join Tehy by calling us or using the membership form
Your Tehy membership will begin on the submission day of the membership form and is valid immediately. Upon becoming a member, you will receive a membership number by e-mail and text message. After that, you can log in to the member service. Your membership will be activated within approximately three weekdays.
It is safe to join a trade union in Finland.
Membership of the unemployment fund
When joining us, you can also choose whether to become a member of the Unemployment Fund of Social and Healthcare workers. The fund membership secures your livelihood if you become unemployed or furloughed. We pay the unemployment fund’s member fee for you!
After joining Tehy as a member, you can choose a welcome gift!
Other membership types
A union supports its members in all situations in working life. We want our members to feel safe in their jobs. We also want to bring joy and energy to their lives outside of work.
Membership benefits
Every Tehy member is entitled to numerous membership benefits and services. For more information see our membership benefits page.
Membership fee
If you are a working member, your membership fee is 1.1% of your taxable salary income. It includes the membership fee for the Unemployment Fund for Health and Social Care Professionals if you have selected to be a member of the unemployment fund. The fee is €8 per month at the least and €600 per year at the most.
Everyone is entitled to join a trade union
In Finland, everyone has the right to become a member of a trade union or other association. This right is enshrined in law.
It is safe to join a trade union. In Finland, trade unions do not represent authorities or political parties, instead they are there for the benefit of workers – and that includes you.
Trade unions have been around in Finland for a long time. More than a million workers are members of a trade union in Finland.
You can join Tehy when you want. You can leave Tehy when you want.
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