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Ukraine / Switzerland Solidarity rally with Ukrainian trade unions [BWI] 11-06-2025

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

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

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Albania / Switzerland Besa Mahmuti, the only Albanian working in the Public Transport Union in Switzerland: We must show how hardworking and honest we are [Telegrafi] 10-10-2024

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

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

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

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

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Switzerland Thai employer continues to violate workers’ rights under Swiss programme 2024-10-11 [IndustriALL]

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

France 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]

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

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

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Switzerland ILO refers dispute on the right to strike to the International Court of Justice 2023-11-13 [ILO]

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

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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]

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

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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]