Swiss Federation of Trade Unions

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Swiss Federation of Trade Unions
(SGB)
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

Associate members

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

See also

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Pierre-Yves Maillard is the new SGB President. SGB, December 1, 2018.
  2. ^ SGB ​​Dossier No. 89: On the membership development of the trade unions in 2011
  3. ↑ https://www.sgb.ch/themen/gewerkschaftspektiven/artikel/details/paul-rechsteiner-gibt-sgb-praesidium-per-ende-november-ab/
  4. ↑ List of the national member associations in the ETUC , accessed on May 23, 2018
  5. ↑ IGB Membership List , accessed on May 23, 2018
  6. ↑ mindestlohn-initiative.ch ( Memento from February 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ^ Federal popular initiative "For the protection of fair wages (minimum wage initiative)" . Swiss Federal Chancellery , May 18, 2014.
  8. ↑ Better pensions - AHVplus. , SGB, May 11, 2012 (press release), accessed on June 29, 2018
  9. ↑ National rally for equal pay and against discrimination # ENOUGH18. Retrieved August 14, 2019 .
  10. ↑ wages. Time. Respect. - Women * strike against the income gap. Retrieved August 14, 2019 .