Higher wages in the finishing trade in French-speaking Switzerland
Published: Tuesday, Dec 5th 2023, 11:21
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Around 25,900 employees in the finishing trade in French-speaking Switzerland will receive a monthly wage increase of CHF 125. The trade unions and employers' organizations ratified the new collective employment agreement for the finishing trade in French-speaking Switzerland (CLA-SOR).
The CLA will enter into force on January 1, 2024 for a period of four years and affects over 5,600 companies, as announced by the unions Syna, Unia and the employers on Tuesday. The employers' associations include the Fédération romande des entreprises de charpenterie, d'ébénisterie et menuiserie (Frecem) and the Fédération suisse romande des entreprises de plâtrerie-peinture (Frepp).
Thereafter, wages will be automatically adjusted annually up to an inflation rate of 1.5 percent. Irrespective of inflation, an additional share will also be granted in the form of a real wage increase. Should inflation exceed 1.5 percent, new wage negotiations will be held.
During the term of the collective labor agreement, the minimum wages will also rise continuously until they reach CHF 5509 per month for qualified employees and CHF 5068 per month for unskilled workers, according to the press release.
The aim is also to curb the negative effects of the price war in the industry, according to the press release. The contractual partners had agreed on a clause to limit subcontractor chains. These are one of the main drivers of the existing wage abuses.
The employers' organizations and the trade unions now expect the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (Seco) to "not refuse to introduce such a clause, as it has done in the past", as the statement continued. A refusal would be at the expense of the proven social partnership and would misjudge market realities.
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