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Article 47 of the Banking Act must be amended to include strong public interest protections 2025-07-07 [EFJ]

Women's pay report: large companies disregard equal pay 2025-06-10 [Blue News]

Legal challenge against Five Guys for failing to stop sexual harassment 2025-03-07 [IUF]

Trade unions unhappy with new Swiss-EU agreement 2025-01-06 [SWI]

People of the Union: Joao Paiva 2024-08-18 [FIFPRO]

French investigative journalist silenced by justice 2024-08-09 [EFJ]

Pensions in Switzerland: how a rise was won 2024-07-03 [Social Europe]

Billionaire family get prison in Switzerland for exploiting domestic workers 2024-06-25 [Stuff]

Billionaire Hindujas sentenced to jail for exploiting Indian workers 2024-06-24 [TNM]

Interview with Giorgio Tuti: “Europe Needs to Invest In Its Railway System” 2024-05-17 [ETF]

Giorgio Fonio: a Ticinese trade unionist in the Swiss parliament 2024-03-24 [SwissInfo]

Country accepts historic social solidarity initiative 2024-03-07 [IndustriALL]

Swiss vote to give themselves a bigger pension 2024-03-04 [BBC]

UNIA pushes for decent pensions, better wages and reduced working hours 2023-11-06 [BWI]

Better work conditions demanded to attract more workers for just transition 2023-10-11 [BWI]

Workers hit the streets for climate justice 2023-10-05 [BWI]

When Diplomats Are Traffickers, Migrant Domestic Workers Are Enslaved 2023-09-01 [Pulitzer Centre]

Towards climate justice: Swiss citizens approve net zero climate law 2023-06-24 [BWI]

Hundreds of thousands of women strike for gender equality 2023-06-21 [UNI Global Union]

Women take to streets to fight inequality and sexism 2023-06-14 [SwissInfo]

IFJ Gender Council supports feminist strike 2023-06-14 [IFJ]

Women journalists on strike for better working conditions 2023-06-14 [IFJ]

Unions demand hard line with EU over wages 2023-06-03 [SwissInfo]

Journalist Pehiran Kaya’s asylum request must be granted 2023-05-23 [EFJ]

Unions blast low wages for ‘women’s jobs’ 2023-05-16 [SwissInfo]

40% of workers in Switzerland feel exhausted 2023-05-12 [SwissInfo]

Why do the Swiss strike less than other Europeans? 2023-04-13 [The Local]

Credit Suisse workers need a rescue package 2023-03-30 [UNI Global Union]

Google workers stage walkout as job cuts hit Europe 2023-03-16 [O Canada]

BWI close ranks with striking masons 2022-11-09 [BWI]

‘Severely disrupted’: Geneva’s Léman Express hit by strike action 2022-10-18 [The Local]

Women At The Heart Of Swiss Pension Reform Vote 2022-09-22 [Barron's]

Switzerland turns orange ahead of “responsible business” referendum 2020-11-24 [BWI]

EU-Swiss treaty ‘dead as doornail' as labour boycotts talks 2018-08-10 [EurActiv]

Agreement Reached with Nestlé Waters Switzerland on Health Insurance Premiums and Parental Leave 2020-12-17 [IUF]

Thousands of women work in precarious jobs – view 2019-06-13 [KXAN]

Unions demand LafargeHolcim keeps its word and respects workers' lives 2018-05-15 [BWI]

Women's Strike in Shuts Down Switzerland 2019-06-28 [BWI]

Swiss Education Day focuses on educators' health 2017-09-15 [Education International]

Educators stand up for children and refugees on World Children's Day 2017-11-22 [Education International]

Paternity leave initiative in Swiss parliament's hands 2017-07-06 [The Local]

Countdown to Women's Strike 2019-06-04 [UNI Global Union]

UNI out in force for Women's Strike 2019-06-14 [UNI]

Google's attempt to shut down a unionization meeting just riled up its employees 2019-10-22 [Vox]

Fast food workers unite in Geneva for occupational health and safety 2022-06-11 [IUF]

Solidar Suisse visits BWI regional office, marks historic cooperation 2022-05-28 [BWI]

Solidarity action: tell DPD CEO to halt union-busting 2022-02-27 [UNI]

UNI stands with DPD workers organizing in Switzerland 2021-09-29 [UNI Global Union]

Court rejects temporary sex workers' access to COVID-19-related compensation 2021-06-26 [CTV]

Guest Editorial: Vania Alleva, President of IUF affiliate UNiA 2021-02-09 [IUF]

This month in labour history

This month in labour history

3-09-1866 First AIT Congress held in Geneva until the 8th. Motions are voted on for the eight-hour day, the protection of women and children at work. [more]

30-09-1918 Zurich bank employees start a 48-hour strike, supported by a local general strike by the Workers' Union. [more]