Swiss Federation of Trade Unions
Swiss Federation of Trade Unions (SGB) |
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purpose | Umbrella organization , union |
Chair: | Pierre-Yves Maillard |
Establishment date: | 1880 |
Number of members: | 368,762 (2011) |
Seat : | Bern , Switzerland |
Website: | www.sgb.ch |
The Swiss Federation of Trade Unions ( SGB , French Union syndicale suisse , Italian Unione sindacale svizzera ) is the largest workers' organization in Switzerland . It is the umbrella organization of 16 individual trade unions, which represent a total of almost 370,000 members. The SGB was founded in 1880 in the Olten railway station buffet .
The President is the former Vaudois State Councilor and current National Councilor Pierre-Yves Maillard . The vice-president and vice-president are Vania Alleva (also president of the trade union Unia ) and Giorgio Tuti (also president of the trade union SEV ). Maillard is the successor to St. Gallen Council of States Paul Rechsteiner, who resigned at the end of November 2018 .
The SGB is a member of the International Trade Union Confederation (IGB) and the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) as well as the Climate Alliance Switzerland . In the membership list of the IGB, membership is given as 269,065 (as of November 2017).
Political goals
full employment
Economic policy should aim at full employment . This includes not only the right to work, but also the right to vocational training. Unemployed, disengaged and welfare recipients should be reintegrated into the world of work as quickly as possible.
Fair wages
On January 25, 2011, the Swiss Federation of Trade Unions launched the minimum wage initiative. The initiative wants to protect all wages through minimum wages . It stipulates a minimum wage of 22 francs per hour (for 2011). The statutory minimum wage is regularly adjusted to the development of wages and prices (according to the AHV pension index); the cantons can set higher regional minimum wages. To ensure that all wages are protected, the federal government and the cantons must promote minimum wages in collective labor agreements. On May 18, 2014, the initiative was rejected by the electorate.
1:12
The Swiss Federation of Trade Unions supported the federal popular initiative “1:12 - For fair wages” , which demanded that nobody should earn more than twelve times as much as the worst-paid employee in the same company.
Better working conditions
The statutory maximum weekly working hours (50 hours / week) should be reduced, overtime limited and working hours more predictable. In addition, controls against abuse in temporary work are to be intensified and the health protection of employees improved.
equal opportunity
Access to the world of work and career opportunities should not be dependent on a person's origin or gender. Free, comprehensive day schools and parental leave are intended to give women equal access to the world of work.
Social security for everyone
The social security is to be maintained and expanded where necessary. At the congress on November 5 and 6, 2010, the SGB presented the AHVplus model, which should close the pension gap for low incomes. While the performance target previously provided for a replacement rate of 60% of the last income, this performance target for old-age provision will in future be differentiated according to income. The SGB calls for a replacement rate of 80% for incomes below CHF 5,000; the replacement rate should only be 60% as before for incomes of more than CHF 7,000 per month. This is to ensure that the pension enables a dignified life in retirement even for lower incomes. Furthermore, flexible retirement at 62 should be possible for everyone.
Strong public service
The government basic services - such as education, health, public transport, postal services, etc. - will not be further privatized and liberalized. The state should ensure that everyone in Switzerland has direct and inexpensive access to its services. He should also be concerned about exemplary working conditions.
Equality between men and women
The SGB advocates protection against discrimination based on gender. This includes the realization of equal pay, the compatibility of work and family and a fair division of gainful and family work. Among other things, the SGB was active in the organization of a mass demonstration on equal pay on September 22, 2018 in Bern and as one of the main actors in the women's strike on June 14, 2019, in which the SGB under the slogan "Wage. Time. Respect" and. a. Minimum wages of 4,000 francs, investments in childcare, wage analysis and controls as a means of combating wage discrimination, and increased commitment against sexism and harassment in the workplace.
Members
The following unions make up the SGB:
Full members
- Unia
- Transport Workers Union (SEV)
- Swiss Association of Personnel in Public Services (VPOD)
- syndicom - Media and Communication Union
- Federal Employees' Association (PVB)
- Swiss Bank Employees Association (SBPV)
- Switzerland. Music Education Association (SMPV)
- guarantee
- AvenirSocial Professional Social Work Switzerland
- Swiss Syndicate of Media Workers (SSM)
- kapers - association of cabin crew
- Swiss Musicians Association (SMV)
- Nautilus International
- New Wood - Syndicat New Wood des Nations Unies
Associate members
- Swiss Stage Artists Association (SBKV)
- SIT , syndicat interprofessionnel de travailleuses et travailleurs
Members with observer status
- ZV - Central Association of Public Personnel Switzerland
- imprint - the Swiss journalists
- SBK - Swiss Professional Association of Nursing Women and Men
Historical members
- Association of Swiss Workers' Associations (from 1904)
- // syndikat - the online trade union
See also
literature
- Valérie Boillat , Bernard Degen , Elisabeth Joris , Stefan Keller , Albert Tanner, Rolf Zimmermann (eds.): On the value of work. Swiss trade unions - history and stories. Rotpunktverlag, Zurich 2006, ISBN 3-85869-323-5 .
Web links
- Archive of the Swiss Federation of Trade Unions in the finding aids of the Swiss Social Archives
- Official website
- Bernard Degen: Swiss Federation of Trade Unions (SGB). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pierre-Yves Maillard is the new SGB President. SGB, December 1, 2018.
- ^ SGB Dossier No. 89: On the membership development of the trade unions in 2011
- ↑ https://www.sgb.ch/themen/gewerkschaftspektiven/artikel/details/paul-rechsteiner-gibt-sgb-praesidium-per-ende-november-ab/
- ↑ List of the national member associations in the ETUC , accessed on May 23, 2018
- ↑ IGB Membership List , accessed on May 23, 2018
- ↑ mindestlohn-initiative.ch ( Memento from February 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Federal popular initiative "For the protection of fair wages (minimum wage initiative)" . Swiss Federal Chancellery , May 18, 2014.
- ↑ Better pensions - AHVplus. , SGB, May 11, 2012 (press release), accessed on June 29, 2018
- ↑ National rally for equal pay and against discrimination # ENOUGH18. Retrieved August 14, 2019 .
- ↑ wages. Time. Respect. - Women * strike against the income gap. Retrieved August 14, 2019 .