Women’s Strike Feminist Strike
Left organizations and trade unions protest plan to raise retirement age of Swiss working women
In June, the Swiss Federal parliament agreed to raise the retirement age of women to 65 from 64. This is in a country where an 8% wage gap exists between men and women with equal qualifications, and the latter receive one-third less the retirement benefits that their male counterparts get
Swiss health workers organize week-long protest demanding pay rise and recruitment
Protests were organized across Switzerland by health workers with the support of trade unions and progressive political groups. The protesters demanded pay rise, bonus, safer working conditions and more recruitment
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