Over 120,000 people have signed a petition for a monthly minimum wage of CHF 2,500 (€2000). At its passing of the threshold of 100,000 signatures, the petition became subject to a popular vote. The minimum wage petition is an initiative of the same platform that lobbied for a vote on capping executive pay at the maximum of twelve times the lowest paid salary member, which will be voted on 24 November.
English: http://www.staffingindustry.com/eng/Research-Publications/Daily-News/Switzerland ...
Focus on running Swiss people’s initiatives, an article by Hans Baumann:
http://www.clr-news.org/CLR-News/CLR%20News%203-2013.pdf
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