News / 16.12.2025

Union Services during the Christmas and New Year holiday 

We serve our members on legal matters on weekdays between 1 pm and 4 pm on 044 7555 000.

For membership matters, you can call us on 09 6122 3333 on weekdays: Mondays 10 am–11.30 am, Tuesdays 9 am–11.30 am, and Thursdays–Fridays 9 am–11.30 am.

You can also contact us by email at lakineuvonta@journalistiliitto.fi (legal matters) and jasenasiat@journalistiliitto.fi (membership matters), as well as through the E-service.

Please note that our services will be closed on the following days:

- Christmas Eve, Wednesday 24 December

- Christmas Day, Thursday 25 December

- Boxing Day, Friday 26 December

- New Year's Eve, Wednesday 31 December

- New Year's Day, Thursday 1 January

- Monday 5 January

- Epiphany, 6 January

The Union of Journalists in Finland wishes its members a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

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