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| Founded | 14 December 2002 |
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| Headquarters | Berne, Switzerland |
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Members | 140,000 |
Key people | Adrian Wüthrich, president Josiane Aubert, vice-president Meinrado Robbiani, vice-president Kurt Regotz, vice-presidentContents |
| Affiliations | ETUC |
| Website | www.travailsuisse.ch |
Travail.Suisse is a trade union federation in Switzerland.
The federation was formed in December 2002 by the merger of the Christian National Union Confederation (CNG) and the Confederation of Swiss Employees' Associations (VSA). [1] Through the CNG, Travail.Suisse traces into roots back to 1907. Initially, the federation represented around 170,000 workers.
| Union | Abbreviation | Founded | Membership (2019) [2] |
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| Association of Hungarian Christian Workers in Switzerland | VUCAS | 48 | |
| Association of Personnel Representatives of the Swiss Electricity Industry | VPE | 1,010 | |
| Christian Social Organisation of Ticino | OCST | 41,677 | |
| Employees ABB | AVABB | 1,491 | |
| Hotel & Gastro Union | HGU | 1886 | 18,372 |
| Interprofessional Christian Unions of Valais | SCIV | 10,777 | |
| Swiss Pharmacists' Association | SDV | 1898 | 151 |
| Syna | Syna | 1998 | 59,632 |
| transfair | 2000 | 10,263 | |
| Union of University Lecturers in Switzerland | FH-CH | 922 |
| Union | Abbreviation | Affiliated | Left | Reason not affiliated | Membership (2002) [3] |
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| Association of Christian Czech and Slovak Workers in Switzerland | VCTSA | 2002 | 2003 | Dissolved | 112 |
| Association of Documentary Information Assistants | AAID | 2002 | 2010 | Resigned | 32 |
| Fedpol Staff Association | PVfedpol | 2007 | 2013 | Resigned | N/A |
| Romandy Association of Qualified Speech Therapists | ARLD | 2008 | N/A | ||
| Swiss Association of Insurance Inspectors and Agents | SVVIA | 2002 | 2004 | Resigned | 227 |
| Swiss Employees | AS | 2006 | 2012 | Resigned | N/A |
| Swiss Laboratory Staff Association | SLV | 2002 | 2004 | Merged into VSAC | 1,003 |
| United Swiss Staff Associations in the Chemical Industry | VSAC | 2002 | 2006 | Merged into AS | 5,130 |
| United Swiss Staff Associations in the Machine and Electrical Industries | VSAM | 2002 | 2006 | Merged into AS | 17,569 |
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