Suomen Elintarviketyöläisten Liitto SEL - Finnish Food Workers' Union SEL

Name

Suomen Elintarviketyöläisten Liitto SEL - Finnish Food Workers' Union SEL

Legal name

Suomen Elintarviketyöläisten Liitto SEL ry

Website

https://selry.fi

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Trade Union Services

NAICS

Labor Unions and Similar Labor Organizations (81393), Professional Organizations (81392)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPACAHAH

Workforce Compliance & Employment Law Risk Management (Local Labor Law, Tax, Statutory)

Business & Public Services/HR, Staffing & Recruitment Services/Employer of Record (EOR) & Global Employment / PEO Services

SECONDARYBPADANAM

Labor, Social Protection & Occupational Safety Standards Cooperation

Business & Public Services/International Organizations & Development/International Standards, Policy & Regulatory Cooperation

Keywords

• Trade union services
• Collective bargaining
• Labor union representation
• Food industry workers
• Worker advocacy

Headquarters

HQ city

Helsinki

HQ country

Finland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership dues (jäsenmaksu): SEL's primary revenue is membership dues paid by its members. Members working in the food industry pay periodic dues, which fund the union's operations including collective bargaining, member services, training, legal aid, and unemployment fund administration. The union also offers member benefits and services funded through membership fees.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Suomen Elintarviketyöläisten Liitto SEL is a Finnish trade union representing workers in the food and beverage industry. Its core offering is membership-based representation, including negotiating industry-wide collective agreements with employer organization ETL, providing legal aid and employment law advice, administering unemployment insurance via A-kassa, delivering union training, and running member benefits such as travel insurance, vacation benefits, the Koivikkoranta summer cottage, and the Elintake member magazine.

Product overview

Suomen Elintarviketyöläisten Liitto SEL is a professional union for food industry workers offering a unified suite of member services. The core offerings include SelNet (member intranet), eAsiointi (electronic services portal), and A-kassa (unemployment fund). The union also provides Elintake-lehti magazine and a mobile application with digital membership card. These services are provided directly to members rather than as a platform architecture.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• SelNet (Member Intranet Portal) Member intranet portal providing secure access to union services, member information, collective agreement details, and organizational resources for SEL members.
• eAsiointi (Electronic Member Services) Electronic member services portal for managing membership affairs, processing changes, and accessing union services online.
• A-kassa Unemployment Fund Unemployment fund service providing earnings-related daily allowance (ansiopäiväraha) and income security for SEL members during unemployment.
• Elintake Member Magazine The union's official member magazine published multiple times per year, covering food industry news, workplace topics, union activities, and member stories.
• Member Mobile App and Digital Membership Card Mobile application providing members with a digital membership card and convenient access to union services on smartphones.
• Legal Aid (Oikeusapu) Legal assistance service for SEL members covering employment-related legal matters and disputes.
• Employment Law Advisory (Työsuhdeneuvonta) Advisory service for SEL members on employment conditions, contracts, wages, and workplace rights.
• Union Training Programs (Koulutus) Training programs for members, shop stewards, and union activists, delivered in cooperation with KSL-opintokeskus and Murikka-institutet.
• Travel Insurance (Matkustajavakuutus) Travel insurance coverage provided as a member benefit for SEL members.
• Summer Cottage Koivikkoranta Union-owned summer cottage available to SEL members for vacation use, also used for 25-year membership vacation events.
• Cultural Grants (Kulttuuriapuraha) Cultural grants provided to SEL members for cultural and recreational activities.
• Collective Agreement Representation

Quantifiable outcome

• General wage increase of 2.9% effective 1 May 2026 for all food industry workers under SEL's collective agreements

Named customers9 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• A-kassa (Avoin työttömyyskassa)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerA-kassa is the unemployment fund that provides income security to SEL members during unemployment. SEL members are automatically covered by A-kassa, which pays earnings-related daily allowance (ansiopäiväraha). A-kassa is referenced as a separate entity (www.a-kassa.fi) with its own phone service (020 690 455) and e-service portal. This is a core partnership essential to the union's value proposition.
• KSL-opintokeskus (KSL Study Centre)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSEL cooperates with KSL-opintokeskus to provide training for union activists. The two organizations jointly deliver trainer training (kouluttajakoulutus) for SEL members. KSL also offers branch development workshops and other training to SEL's local branches at discounted rates. This partnership enables SEL to offer professional development without building its own training infrastructure.
• Murikka-institutet (Murikka Institute)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMost SEL training courses are organized at Murikka-institutet. The institute provides training facilities and programs for SEL members, particularly those with shop steward and union leadership roles. Some courses are employer-supported, meaning the employer covers part of the participation cost.
• ETL (Elintarviketyönantajat ry) / Finnish Food EmployerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerETL is the employer organization with which SEL negotiates collective agreements (työehtosopimukset) for food industry workers. SEL and ETL negotiate wages, working conditions, holiday bonuses, sick leave provisions, and other terms of employment. The current collective agreements are valid until 31 January 2028.
• SAK (Suomen Ammattiliittojen Keskusjärjestö)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSEL is a member of SAK, Finland's largest central organization of trade unions. SAK coordinates policy positions across its member unions, represents trade union interests in national economic and social policy, and participates in tripartite negotiations with the government and employer organizations. SAK's leadership includes representatives from member unions including SEL.
• Teollisuusliitto (Industrial Union)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSEL collaborates with Teollisuusliitto on joint advocacy, including the joint demand (March 2026) for companies and retail chains to use fair trade berries and to end labor exploitation in the berry industry. Teollisuusliitto represents industrial workers and shares overlap in food industry coverage.
• PAM (Palvelualojen ammattiliitto / Service Union United PAM)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSEL and PAM issued a joint demand (March 2026) with Teollisuusliitto for fair trade berries, calling on food industry companies and retail chains to take responsibility for berry picker labor conditions.
• Akava and STTKminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIn the context of drooniuhka (drone threat) workplace recommendations (June 2026), SEL as part of SAK collaborated with Akava and STTK in a tripartite agreement with employers' organizations and government ministries (TEM, STM, SM) on pay continuity during emergency situations.
• Ammattiopisto LappiaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAmmattiopisto Lappia is a vocational school in Tornio that provides food industry education. SEL features stories from Lappia's food industry students in its Elintake magazine. In 2026, Lappia's food industry students made a 105-meter record stuffed baguette using byproducts from Tornion Panimo (brewery), which was covered by SEL.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Regional players

• Livsmedelsarbetareförbundet (Swedish Food Workers' Union): Swedish counterpart union representing food industry workers in Sweden. It is the closest international peer in terms of vertical and bargaining scope, but operates under a different national labor law framework and does not directly compete with SEL.
• Norsk Nærings- og Nytelsesmiddelarbeiderforbund (NNN): Norwegian union for food and beverage industry workers. NNN is structurally analogous to SEL as a single-sector food industry union with collective bargaining responsibility, though it operates in the Norwegian labor market.

Direct peers

• PAM (Service Union United): Finnish service-sector union that frequently collaborates with SEL on food industry retail and supply chain issues. PAM's model of bundling legal aid, unemployment insurance, and collective bargaining for a defined vertical mirrors SEL's approach.
• Pro (Trade Union for Professionals): Finnish union representing professionals and expert staff. Pro is part of the broader Finnish union ecosystem that competes with SAK-affiliated unions like SEL for member attention, particularly among white-collar food industry employees.
• Teollisuusliitto (Industrial Union): Finland's largest industrial workers' union, with overlapping coverage of food industry workers. SEL and Teollisuusliitto have jointly advocated on issues such as fair-trade berry labor conditions, making it the closest comparable Finnish union peer for SEL's core constituency.

Broad incumbents

• Akava: Confederation of Unions for Professional and Managerial Staff in Finland. Akava operates at the central federation level alongside SAK and STTK and collaborated with SEL's federation on the June 2026 drone-threat workplace recommendations.
• SAK (Suomen Ammattiliittojen Keskusjärjestö): Finland's largest central trade union federation, of which SEL is a member. SAK coordinates policy across member unions including SEL, participates in tripartite negotiations, and provides a broader umbrella against which SEL's niche role is defined.
• STTK: Finnish Confederation of Professionals, a central organization for salaried employees. STTK operates as a parallel federation to SAK in Finnish tripartite labor policy and has co-signed cross-federation agreements relevant to SEL's members.

Others

• JHL (Trade Union for the Public and Welfare Sectors): SAK-affiliated Finnish union for public and welfare sector workers. JHL is structurally similar to SEL as an SAK member union with collective bargaining, legal aid, and unemployment fund services, though serving a different vertical.
• Rakennusliitto (Construction Trade Union): SAK-affiliated Finnish construction industry union. Rakennusliitto serves as a structural analog to SEL within SAK — a single-sector union with collective bargaining, shop steward networks, and member benefits — though serving a different vertical.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/selry
• Instagraminstagram.com/selryfi
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/selry

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Suomen Elintarviketyöläisten Liitto SEL - Finnish Food Workers' Union SEL