Strike action by two groups of workers brings improvements

Switzerland

Laboratory workers and cleaners have both managed to secure improved pay following separate strike action against their employers, the University Hospitals of Geneva. Both groups of workers felt that they had lost out when pay structures had been introduced or revised in the past and both will now have better opportunities to move up the pay structure. A joint committee will also look at staffing and career development issues for both groups of workers. Employers have also withdrawn their threats of disciplinary action against striking activists.
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