Fr, Jun 14th 2024
Unions and feminist collectives organize a major women’s strike in Switzerland, demanding equal pay, minimum wages, and living pensions. Events are planned in major cities including Zurich, Bern, and Geneva.
Unions and collectives across Switzerland have called for a women’s strike this Friday, focusing on equal pay, minimum wages, and living pensions.
“We are demonstrating for equal pay, equal treatment, and equal rights for all. We stand against attacks on women and sexual minorities,” reads an appeal from the Syna trade union.
The Syna demonstration in Zurich will be joined by events from the Feminist Strike Collective in Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne, Winterthur, St. Gallen, Lucerne, and Bellinzona.
The main event will be in Bern, starting with activities on the Bundesplatz and concluding with a final declaration at 10 p.m. The Unia trade union highlights wage inequality, noting that 44 % of women with an apprenticeship earn less than CHF 5,000.
The Feminist Strike Collective Bern states that since the 2019 strike, financial situations for women, intersex, non-binary, trans, and agender (Finta) people have worsened, citing inflation and low wages.
Alliance F calls for better gender equality policies, protection against violence, equal pay, nationwide daycare, better part-time conditions, and parental leave.
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