Tehy Membership

Trade union membership is high in the health and social care sector in Finland with as many as 90 % of employees being trade union members. Today Tehy has more than 160 000 members including 25 000 student members. 

All members of Tehy are qualified professionals who have a degree in health or social care or are studying to become a health or social care professional.

Tehy represents

• nurses
• public-health nurses
• practical nurses
• biomedical laboratory scientists
• paramedics
• physiotherapists
• midwives
• radiographers
• dental nurses
• oral hygienists
• nursery nurses/childminders
• mental health nurses
• medical porters and ambulance crews
• primary nurses
• social workers
• podiatrists
• chiropodists
• health care centre assistants
• occupational therapists
• rehabilitation therapists
• naprapaths
• osteopaths
• geriatric carers