Unia is a

trade union A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits ...

representing private sector workers in Switzerland.

History

Unia is the largest member of the Swiss Trade Union Confederation (SGB or USS) with 200,000 members. In addition its collective agreements affect the conditions of a million Swiss workers. It was formed on 16 October 2004 from the merger of the Union of Construction and Industry (GBI), the Union for Industry, Trade and Services, the Union of Sales, Trade, Transport and Food, the old (working in the service sector) ''unia'' and the

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trade union in the tertiary sector. In 2011, seafarers and boat personnel in the union transferred to

Nautilus International Nautilus International is an international trade union and professional association representing seafarers and allied workers, which is based in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Switzerland. Organisation The union's head office is in Lond ...

Presidents

:2004: Renzo Ambrosetti and Vasco Pedrina :2006: Renzo Ambrosetti and Andreas Rieger :2012: Vania Alleva and Renzo Ambrosetti :2015: Vania Alleva :2016: Vania Alleva :2021: Vania Alleva

References

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* Economy of Switzerland Trade unions established in 2004 {{Europe-trade-union-stub