The student membership is free

The student membership is free, ie. 0 euro. It pays off to join Jyty already during your studies in order for you to get the diverse member benefits free of charge! This way you are already within the security provided by the trade union when you move to working life.

Fantastic member benefits

As a student you get the same member benefits the other members get, but totally free of charge.

As a student member you get among other things

  • Accident and travel insurance for spare time
  • Discounts on among other things accommodation, cruises, gym membership and home insurance
  • Educations, events and webinars
  • Student scholarship (thesis and development projects)
  • Events for students and young people
  • Employment counselling (also summer jobs and internships)
  • Vocational development in vocational networks
  • Benefits and activities in your own association

When you move to working life you get among other things

  • Pay raises (Jyty has negotiated collective agreements)
  • The support of the shop stewards at the workplace
  • Employment counselling and legal aid
  • Liability and legal security insurance

Who can join Jyty?

Jyty is a trade union that represents many professions, and a student in whatever field can join us. Our working members are working in the municipal sector, in the wellbeing services counties, for the state, in the private sector, in organisations and in parishes. The student members mostly study in universities of applied sciences, in universities or technical or adult colleges. In addition students at high school can join Jyty. You can read about our occupations below.

  • Specialist and ICT work
  • Education and training
  • The library and culture sector
  • Agricultural replacement
  • Youth and organisation work
  • The rescue sector
  • Secretary and administration work
  • The social and health sector

Important information about membership in Jyty and the unemployment fund

  • The student membership is free for full-time exam-students, who join Jyty for the first time.
  • If you start working alongside your studies or you have a current employment, it also pays to join the Aaria Unemployment Fund.
  • If you leave working life taking for instance study leave or commence studies, the member fee is paid as a euro amount.
  • When you join Jyty you also join a local or national association. You do not have to know the name of the member association, our member secretary will guide you to the right association.

Do you want information about working life? Are you about to enter an employment?

On the website Työelämään.fi you find an extensive information package on employment, from the beginning through all stages of working life. In addition you can find current information about working life clearly explained in Jyty’s social media channels, for instance Tiktok.

In the working life guide that Jyty has compiled you can also find useful information about working life. On our website there is also a frequently asked questions about working life part as well as all the collective agreements that are implemented at the Jyty-member’s workplaces.

Frequently asked questions about the student membership

Join Jyty as a student member through the joining form on our webbsite. On the joining form, choose “Student member” as member type.

The Jyty student membership is free of charge for full-time exam-students that join Jyty for the first time.

You can join the Aaria Unemployment Fund as a student, if you have a valid employment. That means that you can join the Unemployment Fund from the moment the employment starts. The employment can start during the studies for instance as a summer job.

When you commence an employment, please inform Aaria Unemployment Fund about the fact that you have joined and that the employment has started in Jyty’s e-services Jässäri in paragraph “Contact us” or by sending an e-mail to the member services.

Please inform us about the graduation in the Jyty-member’s e-services Jässäri in paragraph “Contact us” or by e-mail to the member services.

When you start working besides your studies or after the studies, it pays off to join the Aaria Unemployment Fund and let them know about the commencement of the employment in order to take care of your earnings-related unemployment insurance.

Notify the Aaria Unemployment Fund about joining and commencing the employment in Jyty’s e-services Jässäri in paragraph ”Contact us” or by sending an e-mail to the member services.

Jyty’s members pay a percentual member fee for the time they receive a salary.

Notify Jyty immediately also when your job ends.

Notify the Aaria unemployment fund about joining and commencing the employment in Jyty’s e-services Jässäri in paragraph ”Contact us” or by sending an e-mail to the member services. The notification should be done immediately upon commencing the employment.

Extra information for students:

In Jyty’s member services you get information about for instance joining, changes in membership information, e-services as well as member fees and changes in them. The member services serve you by phone and e-mail.

The general coordinator of student activities

    • Pekka Laukkanen, coordinator, tel. 040 575 9565, pekka.laukkanen@jytyliitto.fi

Southern Finland:

    • Paula Antell, regional activities specialist, tel. 041 319 2909, paula.antell@jytyliitto.fi

Eastern Finland:

    • Heli Merta, regional activities specialist, tel. 040 508 8752, heli.merta@jytyliitto.fi

Western Finland:

    • Jani Loponen, regional activities specialist, tel. 040 701 0051, jani.loponen@jytyliitto.fi

Northern Finland:

    • Minna Eskelinen, regional activities specialist, tel. 040 554 7606, minna.eskelinen@jytyliitto.fi