Confederation of Unions for Professional and Managerial Staff in Finland

{{Short description|Trade union confederation in Finland}}

{{Infobox organization

|name = Akava

|location_country= Finland

|affiliation = ITUC, NFS, ETUC, TUAC

|members = 611,000 (2021)

|full_name = Confederation of Unions for Professional and Managerial Staff in Finland

|native_name = Finnish: Korkeakoulutettujen työmarkkinakeskusjärjestö Akava; Swedish: Centralorganisationen för högutbildade i Finland Akava

|image = Akavatalo kesäkuu2017.jpg

|caption = Akava's office building in Itä-Pasila, Helsinki

|founded = 1950

|dissolved =

|merged =

|headquarters = Helsinki, Finland

|key_people = Maria Löfgren, president

|website = {{Official URL}}

|footnotes =

}}

The Confederation of Unions for Professional and Managerial Staff in FinlandPreviously named Confederation of Unions for Academic Professionals in Finland (Akava) is a trade union confederation in Finland representings employees with university-level, professional or other high-level training. It has 36 affiliated unions with a combined membership of 611,000.{{cite web |title=Affiliates |url=https://akava.fi/en/affiliates/ |website=Akava |access-date=11 February 2022 |date=8 March 2021}}

Akava is a central organization i.e. the individual members are not personally members of Akava but of a trade union which is a member of Akava. Akava has 36 member unions, the largest of which are the Trade Union of Education in Finland (OAJ), the Finnish Association of Graduate Engineers (TEK), the Union of Professional Engineers in Finland (UIL), the Finnish Association of Business School Graduates, Union of Sales and Marketing Professionals and {{ill|Tradenomiliitto|fi}}. The Finnish Police Union (SJPL) is also affiliated.

On November 14, 2022 Maria Löfgren was elected as President of Akava.{{cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-11-14 |title=Maria Löfgren appointed as new President of Akava |url=https://akava.fi/en/general-en/maria-lofgren-appointed-as-new-president-of-akava/ |access-date=2023-09-18}}

Akava is affiliated with the European Trade Union Confederation and Eurocadres .

Akava is one of the three central organizations representing Finnish employees, the other two being the Finnish Confederation of Salaried Employees (STTK) and the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions (SAK).