Travail.Suisse is a trade union

Trade union

A trade union, trades union or labor union is an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labour contracts with...

 in Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

. It was formed in December, 2002 by the merger of the Christlichnationaler Gewerkschatsbund der Schweiz (CNG) and the Vereinigung Schweizerischer Angestelltenverbände (VSA). Through the CNG, Travail.Suisse traces into roots back to 1907.

Travail.Suisse represents 170,000 workers.

Affiliates

• Syna
• transfair
• Organizzazione Christiano-Sociale Ticinese (OCST)
• Employés Suisse
• Hotel & Gastro Union
• Fédération des Associations de Professeurs des Hautes écoles spécialisées suisse (HES-CH)
• Syndicats Chrétiens Interprofessionnels du Valais (SCIV)
• Droga Helvetica
• Verband der Ungarischen Christlichen Arbeitnehmer/innen der Schweiz

External links

• Travail.Suisse official site.