Unia is a

trade union A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages ...

representing private sector workers in

Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...

History

Unia is the largest member of the

Swiss Trade Union Confederation The Swiss Trade Union Federation (, SGB; ; , USS) is the largest national trade union center in Switzerland. History The federation was founded in 1880. The SGB has close ties with the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (SPS). Ruth Dreifuss, ...

(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 Union commonly refers to: * Trade union, an organization of workers * Union (set theory), in mathematics, a fundamental operation on sets Union may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * Union (band), an American rock group ** ''Union ...

, the Union of Sales, Trade, Transport and Food, the old (working in the service sector) ''unia'' and the

Geneva Geneva ( , ; ) ; ; . is the List of cities in Switzerland, second-most populous city in Switzerland and the most populous in French-speaking Romandy. Situated in the southwest of the country, where the Rhône exits Lake Geneva, it is the ca ...

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 Londo ...

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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Zeitung der Unia Jugend
* Economy of Switzerland Trade unions established in 2004 {{Europe-trade-union-stub