The Trade Union of Education (OAJ) and Sivista, a union representing private education sector employers, are both opposed to the government's plans to cut integration programmes for immigrants.
According to the unions, the planned cuts would not only affect immigrants' language studies, they would also threaten hundreds of teaching jobs.
The government has proposed cuts to integration programmes amounting to around 47 million euros.
The share of those cuts in liberal arts education amounts to around seven million euros.
According to the government's proposal, the cuts would effectively end funding for literacy and language training at adult education centres and local institutions, among other impacts.
Yle News' podcast All Points North asked if Finland is making integration more difficult. You can listen to the episode via this embedded player, on Yle Areena, via Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
