The Service Union United ( fi, Palvelualojen ammattiliitto, PAM) is a

trade union A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits ( ...

representing

service sector The tertiary sector of the economy, generally known as the service sector, is the third of the three economic sectors in the three-sector model (also known as the economic cycle). The others are the primary sector (raw materials) and the second ...

workers in Finland. The union was founded in 2000, when the

Business Union The Business Union ( fi, Liikealan ammattiliitto) was a trade union representing clerical workers in Finland. The union was formed in 1987, when the Commercial Workers' Union, an affiliate of the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions (SAK) ...

merged with the Caretakers' Union, the Hotel and Restaurant Workers' Union, and the Technical and Special Trades Union. Like its predecessor, the union affiliated to the

Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions The Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions, usually referred to by the acronym SAK ( fi, Suomen Ammattiliittojen Keskusjärjestö; sv, Finlands Fackförbunds Centralorganisation, FFC) is the largest trade union confederation in Finland. Its ...

. As of 2020, the union had about 210,000 members.

Presidents

:2000:

Maj-Len Remahl Maj-Len Anita Remahl (born 3 December 1942) is a Finnish former trade union leader. Born in Vaasa as Maj-Len Rönnholm, she grew up in a Swedish-speaking family in Sepänkylä, then in Palosaari and Huutoniemi. She was educated at the Vaasa Sv ...

:2002:

Ann Selin Ann Orvokki Selin (born 22 July 1960) is a Finnish former trade union leader. Born in Helsinki, Selin began working in 1976, as a clerk for the Commercial Workers' Union. In 1987, the union merged into the Business Union, for which Selin becam ...

:2019: Annika Rönni-Sällinen

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{{Authority control Trade unions established in 2000 Trade unions in Finland 2000 establishments in Finland