The Union Congress 2023
The Industrial Union’s supreme decision-making body is the Union Congress, which convenes every five years. The next Union Congress will take place in Tampere from 22 to 24 May 2023. Elections were held from 10 to 31 March 2023 to elect 442 representatives to the Union Congress.
The representatives elected to the Union Congress will decide on the strategy for the next five-year term, elect the members of the Union’s Council and Board and discuss the proposals made by local branches to the Union Congress.
Constituencies
The constituencies for the Technology Industry and Technical Servicing and Maintenance workplaces are the same as the constituencies used in the Finnish general election of 2019. The national division of constituencies shall apply to the other agreement sectors.
Technology Industry and Technical Servicing and Maintenance
|
Constituency
|
Number of candidates*
|
Number of representatives (1 for every 300, rounded up)
|
01 |
Helsinki |
19 |
8 |
02 |
Uusimaa |
56 |
24 |
03 |
Finland Proper |
76 |
33 |
04 |
Satakunta |
44 |
19 |
05 |
Tavastia |
51 |
22 |
06 |
Pirkanmaa |
62 |
27 |
07 |
Southeast Finland |
37 |
16 |
08 |
Savonia-Karelian |
51 |
22 |
09 |
Vaasa |
62 |
27 |
10 |
Central Finland |
35 |
15 |
11 |
Oulu |
56 |
24 |
12 |
Lapland |
19 |
8 |
13 |
Åland |
3 |
1 |
National constituencies
|
Constituency
|
Number of candidates*
|
Number of representatives (1 for every 300, rounded up)
|
14 |
Mining |
12 |
5 |
15 |
Sheet and industrial insulation industry |
10 |
4 |
16 |
Mechanical forestry industry and bio industry |
74 |
32 |
17 |
Carpentry sector |
42 |
18 |
18 |
Car sector and engineering |
62 |
27 |
19 |
Plastics and chemical products industries, boatbuilding sector, brushmaking sector |
65 |
28 |
20 |
Chemical basic industry |
26 |
11 |
21 |
Glass and ceramics, employees of Fiskars Finland Oy Ab, precious metals, glazing, construction glazing, and glassmaking |
17 |
7 |
22 |
Oil, gas and petrochemical products industry |
12 |
5 |
23 |
Rubber industry |
12 |
5 |
24 |
Footwear and leather industry |
7 |
3 |
25 |
Car tyre sector |
7 |
3 |
26 |
Media and printing sector |
30 |
13 |
27 |
Textile industry |
21 |
9 |
28 |
Forestry, plant nursery branch |
10 |
4 |
29 |
Forestry machinery, peat industry |
10 |
4 |
30 |
Delivery personnel, direct mail delivery |
10 |
4 |
31 |
Textiles services sector |
9 |
4 |
32 |
Horticultural and landscaping sector |
10 |
4 |
33 |
Salaried employees in graphical industry (Grafinet) |
7 |
3 |
34 |
Allied rural industries, fur industry |
7 |
3 |
*Maximum number of candidates for a single electoral alliance: 1,031