Swiss Federation of Trade Unions
- Swiss Federation of Trade Unions
Infobox Union
name= SGB/USS
country= Switzerland
affiliation= ITUC, ETUC, TUAC
members= 385,000
full_name= Swiss Federation of Trade Unions
native_name= Schweizerischer Gewerkschaftsbund
Union Syndicale Suisse
Unione Sindacale Svizzera
founded= 1880
current=
head=
dissolved_date=
dissolved_state=
merged_into=
office= Berne, Switzerland
people= P. Rechsteiner, president
website= [http://www.uss.ch www.uss.ch]
footnotes=
The Swiss Federation of Trade Unions (SGB) is the largest national trade union center in Switzerland. It was founded in 1880 and represents 385,000 members in its affiliated unions.
The SGB has close ties with the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (SPS). Ruth Dreifuss, the former President of the Confederation, and former member of the Swiss Federal Council, was previously an SGB official.
The SGB is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation, and the European Trade Union Confederation. It is also a member of the Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD.
References
*cite book
year = 2005
title = Trade Unions of the World
editor = ICTUR et al,
edition = 6th
publisher = John Harper Publishing
location = London, UK
id = ISBN 0-9543811-5-7
External links
* [http://www.uss.ch SGB] official site.
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