The USS wants a minimum wage following an apprenticeship
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Anyone who has completed an apprenticeship in Switzerland should receive a minimum wage of CHF5,000 ($6,000) for a full-time job. This is the aim of a popular initiative that the Swiss Trade Union Federation intends to launch.
On Friday, at a congress in Bern, delegates approved the draft initiative by a large majority. They instructed the leadership to continue developing it, the federation announced on Friday.
The federation believes that anyone who has completed an apprenticeship should be able to live on their wages. However, nearly three in ten workers with an apprenticeship qualification currently earn less than CHF5,000 a month.
Women are particularly affected. The draft initiative also provides for apprentices to be entitled to eight weeks’ holiday a year. This will give them sufficient time to rest despite the demands of their training in the workplace and at vocational college.
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Translated from French, reviewed by an English Department journalist.
