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Article: Unia 'a trade union for all': Unia, Switzerland's largest trade union with an estimated 200,000 members, protested against wage dumping and called for fair working conditions last year. Swiss News talks to Bruno Schmucki to find out more detail about this newly founded union.
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- February 1, 2005
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Unia is the end result of a merger between the Trade Union for Construction and Unity (GBI) and the Trade Union for Industry, Trade and Services (SMUV), the Swiss labour organisation for Sales, Trade, Transport, Food (VHTL) and some smaller branches that occurred in October 2004. The joining together of pre-existing bodies, specific to certain sectors, into an inter-professional trade union seemed to be the perfect answer to the increasing mobility of employees.
As stated on their website, Unia was founded on the core values of just and fair working conditions, social security, international solidarity and an economic system that is oriented towards the needs of ...