The Union of Communication (german: Gewerkschaft Kommunikation, GEKO; french: Syndicat de la communication) was 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 workers in the communication sector in Switzerland. The union was founded on 26 October 1998, when the

Union of Swiss Postal, Telegraph and Telephone Personnel The Union of Swiss Postal, Telegraph and Telephone Personnel (german: Verband Schweizerischer Post-, Telephon- und Telegraphenangestellter, french: Fédération suisse des employés des postes, téléphones et télégraphes, PTT-Union) was a trade ...

merged with the

Union of Swiss Postal Employees , VSPB; french: Société suisse des fonctionnaires postaux) , native_name_lang = , logo = , logo_size = , logo_alt = , logo_caption = , image = , image_size = , al ...

, the

Union of Swiss Telegraph and Telephone Supervisors The Union of Swiss Telegraph and Telephone Supervisors (german: Verband schweizerischer Telegraphen- und Telephonbeamter, VSTTB; french: Association suisse des fonctionnaires des télégraphes et téléphones) was a trade union representing telecomm ...

, the Association of Swiss Air Traffic Control Personnel, the Post Office Keepers' Association and the postal section of the

Staff Association of the Federal Administration The Federal Staff Association (german: Personalverband des Bundes, PVB; french: Association du personnel de la Confédération) is a trade union representing civil servants in Switzerland. The union was founded in 1912 as the Association of Civil ...

. It affiliated to the

Swiss Trade Union Federation The Swiss Trade Union Federation (, SGB; ; , USS) is the largest national trade union center in Switzerland. History The federation was founded in 1880 and represents 361,000 members in its affiliated unions (2015). The SGB has close ties with ...

. On formation, the union had 42,575 members, but it struggled following the removal of

Swiss Post Swiss Post (french: La Poste suisse, it, La Posta Svizzera, german: Die Schweizerische Post, rm, La Posta Svizra) is the national postal service of Switzerland. A public company owned by the Swiss Confederation, it is the country's second larg ...

workers from the civil service, and the emergence of various private parcel carriers. On 1 January 2011, it merged with Comedia, to form

Syndicom Syndicom is a trade union representing communication, IT and media workers in Switzerland. The union was founded on 3 December 2010, when the Union of Communication merged with Comedia. Like both its predecessors, it affiliated to the Swiss Trad ...

Presidents

:1998: :2003:

Christian Levrat Christian Levrat (born 7 July 1970) is a Swiss politician. He served as the President of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland from 2008 until 2020. He has served as a member of the Council of States from Fribourg since 2012. Prior to the ...

:2008: Alain Carrupt

References

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