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Tehy’s bloggers share their views on the key issues of working life, looking beyond the surface. Read our experts’ views on advocacy, working life and the future of the social, healthcare and early childhood education and care sectors.

20.8.2026 9:54 Blog

Early childhood education and care professionals still too often have to pay for their own workwear

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Kirsi Coco: The independent reception work of nurses requires clear roles, support and adequate pay

Eva Siitonen: Early childhood education and care professional – remember your reporting obligations!

Is there something wrong with municipal early childhood education if shifts are suddenly changed?

Inka Lehtinen: Are paramedic nurses now untouchable?

Mervi Flinkman and Anni Marttinen: "Hey, don’t go" – how can the social welfare and healthcare sector improve its ability to retain workers?

Silence is racism’s best friend

Anni Marttinen: Debt brake – who will pay the price of the adjustment?

The shortage of nurses has not lifted

Anni Marttinen: National and global role of midwives: why does the world need midwives now more than ever?

As a member of Tehy, you get a whole host of safeguards and benefits – have you already used them?

Language skills are key – also to solving the shortage of skilled workers in the social welfare and healthcare sector

Anni Marttinen: Austerity is not a neutral policy – hits women in particular

Päivi Vanninen: The Finnish Government is creating a class of temporary employment pariahs – more fixed-term contracts and discrimination against pregnant women