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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

What is the Union Congress?

⇒ The supreme decision-making body of the Industrial Union
⇒ A Union Congress is held every five years
⇒ Representatives are elected using a system of proportional representation by constituency
⇒ The Congress decides upon the Union’s directions for the Union Congress period
⇒ The Congress elects the Union’s Council and Board of Directors

Important dates

2021
19 August
The Union Board of Directors decided upon the timing of the election
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31 December
The number of representatives was determined according to the number of members
2022
31 October
All members who joined by 31 October shall be eligible to stand for election and may act as signatories to constituency associations
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20 November
Notice of the Union Congress sent to local branches by 20 November
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10 December
All members who joined by 10 December shall be entitled to vote
2023
21 January
All initiatives for discussion at the Union Congress must be submitted to the Union Board of Directors in writing by 21 January
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31 January
The establishment of constituency associations ends between midday and 4 pm on 31 January, and verification begins
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10–31 March
Electronic voting and postal voting
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5 April
The result of the Congress election confirmed
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21 May
Meetings of electoral alliances
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22–24 May
Union Congress at Tampere Hall