Finnish Transport Workers' Union

The Finnish Transport Workers' Union (Finnish: Auto- ja Kuljetusalan Työntekijäliitto, AKT) is a trade union representing transport workers in Finland.

Finnish Transport Workers' Union

Auto- ja Kuljetusalan Työntekijäliitto
Offices of the AKT in Helsinki
Predecessor	Automobile and Transport Workers' Union Finnish Road Transport Union Finnish Port Workers' Union
Founded	1970; 55 years ago (1970)
Headquarters	Helsinki, Finland
Members	45,000 (2021)
Key people	Marko Piirainen (President)
Affiliations	Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions Nordic Transport Workers' Union European Transport Workers' Union International Transport Workers' Federation
Website	www.akt.fi

The union was founded in 1970, when the Automobile and Transport Workers' Union merged with the Finnish Road Transport Union, and the Finnish Port Workers' Union. Some of these unions had been affiliated to the Finnish Federation of Trade Unions, and some to the Finnish Trade Union Federation. Soon after these two federations merged to form the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions, the transport unions also merged.^[1][2]

By 1998, the union had 49,849 members,^[2] and this figure has remained fairly consistent. The union is based in Helsinki, and is divided into 121 professional groups. It is a member of the Nordic Transport Workers' Union, the European Transport Workers' Union, and the International Transport Workers' Federation.^[3]

Risto Kuisma, the union's longest-serving president

Presidents

• 1970–1978: Martti Veirto
• 1978–1994: Risto Kuisma [fi]
• 1994–2001: Kauko Lehikoinen
• 2001–2012: Timo Räty [fi]
• 2012–present: Marko Piirainen [fi]