TAKU's key advocacy points

TAKU is a vigilant advocate of its members’ rights. We respond to current working life questions quickly, but also pursue longer-term goals.

• One of our goals is to ensure that the rights and status of art and culture professionals in society are secure, regardless of their form of employment.
• Unemployment and social security systems must fairly recognize different forms of work. Special attention must be given to the weak position of self-employed professionals and multiple job holders.
• The salaries of art and culture professionals must reflect the level of education, responsibilities, and specialized expertise required for their work.
• The promotion of salary transparency must continue.
  Efforts to humanize working life must be strengthened. The Occupational Safety Act must better address psychosocial stress and mental health.

We safeguard our members' interests in the present while also ensuring a better future.

We promote fair employment relationships and fair wages by providing TAKU’s salary and employment recommendations. Additionally, our members have access to personal employment counseling.

We monitor the status of the art and culture sector in changing societal conditions and listen to the experiences of professionals in the field. We respond quickly to current labor market issues while also focusing on long-term goals.

Promoting well-being at work and enabling continuous learning are also our central goals.

Taking care of the operating conditions of an industry that employs up to 130,000 people and has great growth potential is of great importance to the vitality of society as a whole.

We pursue a better working life as well as appreciation of the art and culture sector

One of our most important goals is raising appreciation of the art and culture sector, as well as presenting the diverse competence of specialists in the sector. We work for a future in which the diverse competence of art and culture sector specialists is better recognized and can be used in other sectors.

TAKU also strives, for its part, to make an impact on guaranteeing funding for the art and culture sector, and to secure jobs and development opportunities in the sector.

Vigilance, responsibility and non-discrimination are the values we adhere to in all we do.