Tieteentekijät on kaikkien tieteen, tutkimuksen ja korkeakouluopetuksen parissa työskentelevien aktiivinen ammattiliitto. Olemme Akavan suurin ja vaikutusvaltaisin liitto yliopistosektorilla ja paras asiantuntija myös muilla sektoreilla työskenteleviä tutkijoita koskevissa kysymyksissä. *** The Finnish Union of University Researchers and Teachers (FUURT) is a professional organisation for teachers, researchers, library personnel and other academic experts especially at universities and research institutions. The Union is Akava’s largest and most influential affiliate within the university sector, and is the most qualified expert on issues concerning researchers employed in other sectors as well. The Union's main activities and promotion of interests in research sector include promotion of interests at the work place and working life, and lobbying regarding research and higher education policy-making in Finland. The Union pursues to ensure that the academic community also becomes a good work community, where the pay corresponds to the demands of the work and where no unfounded fixed-term employments are initiated.