[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page:work\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2023\u002Fswitzerland-unions-demand-higher-real-wages-january-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},16487,"switzerland-unions-demand-higher-real-wages-january-31-2023","Switzerland - Unions demand higher real wages - January 31, 2023",null,"","\u002Fwork\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2023\u002Fswitzerland-unions-demand-higher-real-wages-january-31-2023","pages.newspage","en","2023-02-13T14:05:00.178000+00:00","2025-12-15T15:39:54.044632+00:00","\u002Fcms\u002Fpages\u002F16487\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-higher-real-wages-january-31-2023\u002F","index, follow","website","summary_large_image","2023-02-13T15:05:00.178000+01:00","2025-12-27T10:08:20.569542+01:00",[37],{"type":38,"data":39},"raw_html_block",{"content":40,"variant":41},"\u003Cp>In 2023, the trade unions will focus on the development of wages. A real wage increase is needed, an automatic cost-of-living indexation and at least CHF 5,000 (€ 4,987) monthly wages for apprentices. Unskilled workers should receive at least CHF 4,500 (€ 4,488). The Swiss Trade Union Confederation SGB acknowledges that there have been wage increases in many sectors. But the pay gap with price increases is widening again. According to the SGB distribution report, workers with low and medium wages now receive less in real terms than in 2016.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Read on:\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.watson.ch\u002Fschweiz\u002Fwirtschaft\u002F606555981-gewerkschaften-fordern-reallohnerhoehungen-und-teuerungsausgleich\"> in German. \u003C\u002Fa>Read on:\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.sgb.ch\u002Fthemen\u002Fgewerkschaftspolitik\u002Fdetail\u002Fgewerkschaftliche-offensiven-im-2023-fuer-hoehere-loehne-und-mehr-gleichstellung\"> in German (2).\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>"]