Finnish Police Union

{{short description|Trade union of Finland}}

The Finnish Police Union ({{langx|fi|Suomen Poliisijärjestöjen Liitto}}, SPJL, formerly Finnish Police Federation){{Cite web |url=https://www.spjl.fi/in-english/ |title=In English |website=Finnish Police Union |access-date=18 April 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.spjl.fi/liitto/me_olemme/in_english |title=In English |publisher=Finnish Police Federation |access-date=14 January 2021 |quote=The Finnish Police Federation - Suomen Poliisijärjestöjen Liitto ry (SPJL) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111181359/https://www.spjl.fi/liitto/me_olemme/in_english |archive-date=11 January 2021}} is a trade union representing police and associated workers in Finland.

The union was founded in 1923. In 1945, it affiliated to the Finnish Federation of Trade Unions (SAK), but it left in 1956. In 1969, it joined the SAK's successor, the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions. By 1984, it was unhappy with the federation's links to the Social Democratic Party, so it transferred to the Confederation of Salaried Employees (TVK). By 1992, it had grown to 12,940 members. However, that year the TVK went bankrupt, and the union transferred to the Finnish Confederation of Professionals (STTK).{{cite book |last1=Ebbinghaus |first1=Bernhard |last2=Visser |first2=Jelle |title=Trade Unions in Western Europe Since 1945 |date=2000 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |location=Basingstoke |isbn=0333771125 |page=220}}{{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Ajan laineita ja myrskyä|url=https://www.spjl.fi/liitto/me_olemme/95_vuotta_edunvalvontaa|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323124945/https://www.spjl.fi/liitto/me_olemme/95_vuotta_edunvalvontaa |archive-date=23 March 2020|access-date=23 March 2020|publisher=Finnish Police Federation|language=fi}}

In 1995, the Finnish Criminal Police Union, and the Finnish Police Confederation merged into the union, while in 2002, the Finnish Emergency Response Officers' Union was established as a section of the SPJL. In 2016, the union moved federation again, leaving the STTK, and joining the Confederation of Unions for Professional and Managerial Staff in Finland.

As of 2020, the union has about 11,000 members, including 90% of serving police officers in Finland.{{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=SPJL – ammattilaisten edunvalvoja|url=https://www.spjl.fi/liitto/me_olemme |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323124919/https://www.spjl.fi/liitto/me_olemme |archive-date=23 March 2020 |access-date=23 March 2020|publisher=Finnish Police Federation|language=fi}}{{third-party inline|date=January 2021}}