Swiss trade union says Sunday leave is out of the question

Switzerland's trade union Unia today reiterated its opposition to the extension of Sunday working, which it considers harmful to the health of sales staff. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Unia, on the last day of its congress in Brig, canton Valais, denounced plans to expand the number of Sunday openings, a statement said. The latter points out that sales workers 'already suffer irregular working hours, low wages and high stress'. The delegates call on parliament to maintain Sunday as a day of rest and promise to oppose this deterioration of protective provisions with all the means at their disposal, 'if necessary even by launching a referendum'. + Swiss unions demand wage increase for 2026 Pierre-Yves Maillard, President of the Swiss Trade Union Union (SSU), reaffirmed the essential role of trade unions: "An economy that makes people work more and more intensively and leaves less and less money in their pockets has no future," he pointed out. The trade ...