Sture Fjäder retained leadership of the Akava trade union confederation despite a surprise challenger making the election a contest after the vote was delayed because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Akava is a confederation of 36 trade unions for highly-educated professionals, comprising a total of some 600,000 members. Doctors and teachers are the best-known professional groups in Akava, but policemen, nurses and engineers are also all represented.
Fjäder, a member of the centre-right National Coalition Party, beat Social Democrat Maria Teikari by 578 delegate votes to 292.
Teikari had launched her campaign when it became clear the meeting to elect the chair would be delayed because of the Covid-19 epidemic.
Fjäder secured the support of the largest Akava union, the OAJ, which represents teachers and has 170 votes at the conference. Teikari was supported by social workers' union Talentia and her own union, which represents social science professionals, as well as the Doctors' Association.
The other two main confederations in Finland are SAK, which traditionally represents blue-collar workers, and STTK, which represents white-collar workers.
Earlier this year the All Points North podcast looked at some key terms around the labour market in Finland. You can listen via this embedded player, Yle Areena, Spotify, iTunes or your normal pod player using the RSS feed.
