On Wednesday 27 October, social partners at Switzerland’s second-largest retail/wholesale group Coop presented a new collective labour agreement, which will apply from 2018 until 2021. This comprehensive agreement includes numerous measures to promote a better work-life balance, training and digitalisation, as well as a 1% pay rise over one year. The deal also contains measures to combat psychosocial risk factors. There is one problem, however. The agreement only applies to two thirds of Coop employees.
Compromise on pay. The new collective labour agreement was presented on 27 October, by the Unia and Syna trade unions as well as two corporate associations representing employees – SEC Susse, for workers in the retail sector, and UEC, the union of Coop employees. The deal was negotiated with the leadership at Coop, which is Switzerland’s second-largest retail business, and will come into force on 1 January 2018, applying until the end of 2021. Arnaud Bouverat, executive committee member at Unia’
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