Comedia 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 (s ...
representing print and media workers in Switzerland.
The union was founded in December 1998, when the
Union of Printing and Paper merged with the
Swiss Lithographers' Union The Swiss Lithographers' Union (german: Schweizerische Lithographenbund, SLB; french: Union Suisse des Lithographes) was a trade union representing printers in Switzerland.
The union was founded in 1888 in Winterthur, to represent lithographers an ...
, the Employees' Union of the Swiss Book Trade, and the Swiss Union of Journalists. 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 ...
, and initially had about 17,000 members.
Originally, the union was divided into six sectors, but in 2005, it restructured its members into four sectors: graphics, books and media, press and culture, and graphical communication.
On 3 December 2010, Comedia merged with the
Union of Communication, to form
Syndicom.
Presidents
:1998: Christian Tirefort
:2005: Roland Kreuzer and Danièle Lenzin
References
External links
*{{official website, http://www.comedia.ch
Printing trade unions
Trade unions in Switzerland
Trade unions established in 1998
Trade unions disestablished in 2010