[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page:work\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2023\u002Fswitzerland-unions-demand-4-5-pay-hike-august-31-2023":3},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"short_title":7,"intro_text":7,"meta_description":8,"seo_title":8,"path":9,"content_type":10,"locale":11,"go_live_at":7,"first_published_at":12,"page_created_at":13,"published_at":12,"edit_url":14,"breadcrumbs":15,"seo":28,"body_blocks":36,"call_to_action":42,"categories":49,"labels":50,"owner":7,"authors":51,"related_pages":52,"related_sites":53,"in_subsite":54,"contact_page_url":55,"banner_message":56},16486,"switzerland-unions-demand-4-5-pay-hike-august-31-2023","Switzerland - Unions demand 4-5% pay hike - August 31, 2023",null,"","\u002Fwork\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2023\u002Fswitzerland-unions-demand-4-5-pay-hike-august-31-2023","pages.newspage","en","2023-09-12T22:37:32.717000+00:00","2025-12-15T15:39:53.890752+00:00","\u002Fcms\u002Fpages\u002F16486\u002Fedit\u002F",[16,19,22,25,27],{"title":17,"slug":18},"World of Work","work",{"title":20,"slug":21},"Collective Bargaining Agreement","collective-bargaining-agreement",{"title":23,"slug":24},"Collective Bargaining Updates","updates",{"title":26,"slug":26},"2023",{"title":6,"slug":5},{"title":6,"description":8,"image":29,"canonical":30,"robots":31,"og_type":32,"twitter_card":33,"locale":11,"created_at":34,"last_modified_at":35},"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FSocial_media_preview_image_-_2025.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x630.png","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fwork\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2023\u002Fswitzerland-unions-demand-4-5-pay-hike-august-31-2023\u002F","index, follow","website","summary_large_image","2023-09-13T00:37:32.717000+02:00","2025-12-27T10:08:20.477449+01:00",[37],{"type":38,"data":39},"raw_html_block",{"content":40,"variant":41},"\u003Cp>Union association Travail.Suisse is demanding salary increases of between 3.5% and 4.5% for all workers, depending on the sector. The union argues that the demand is justified as a way to keep salaries aligned with cost of living increases and rising productivity. The union also argues that rising productivity gives companies profit margins that make higher salaries possible. According to the union Syna, pay increases in the machine industry, electrical equipment, metal work and the health sector are particularly pressing. Travail.Suisse says real salaries after adjusting for inflation have been falling since 2020. Real pay has fallen roughly 4% since 2020 after rising by around 6% in the 7 years prior to 2020. Earlier, union SGB\u002FUSS formulated a wage demand of 5%.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Read on:\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Flenews.ch\u002F2023\u002F08\u002F19\u002Fswiss-union-demands-4-pay-hike\u002F\"> in English… \u003C\u002Fa>Read on:\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.sgb.ch\u002Fthemen\u002Farbeit\u002Fdetail\u002F5-prozent-mehr-lohn-wegen-teuerung-lohnrueckstand-und-guter-konjunktur\"> in German…\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For more information, please contact Paul de Beer or Oana Ciuca, De Burcht (Scientific Bureau for the Dutch Trade Union Movement) \u003Ca href=\"mailto:p.t.debeer@uva.nl\">p.t.debeer@uva.nl\u003C\u002Fa> or the Head of communications at the ETUI, Mehmet Koksal \u003Ca href=\"mailto:mkoksal@etui.org\">mkoksal@etui.org\u003C\u002Fa>. For previous full issues of the Collective bargaining newsletter please visit \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002FNewsletters\u002FCollective-bargaining-newsletter\">https:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002FNewsletters\u002FCollective-bargaining-newsletter\u003C\u002Fa> or consult the archive with all articles in our database at \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.cbnarchive.eu\u002F\">www.cbnarchive.eu\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003Cbr\u002F>You may find further information on the ETUI at \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002F\">www.etui.org.\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>","light",{"text":43,"link":44},"Contact us",{"title":43,"url":45,"description":43,"rel":46,"type":47,"id":48},"\u002Fabout\u002Fcontact","follow","internal",24590,[],[],[],[],[],false,"\u002Fwork\u002Fliving-wages\u002Fcontact-us","\u003Cp>Welcome to WageIndicator. Same organisation, same information, new look!\u003C\u002Fp>"]