UNIA demonstration in Bundesplatz Berne Switzerland

UNIA demonstration in Bundesplatz Berne Switzerland
30,000 demonstrate against social cutback

Around 30,000 people have gathered outside parliament, according to union organisers, protesting against the dismantling of the welfare state at a time of crisis.
"We've had enough of these 'bonus knights' riding around and managers on excessive salaries," Paul Rechtsteiner, president of the Swiss Trade Union Federation, told the audience in Bern's packed Parliament Square on 19.09.09He also criticised working conditions and pressure placed on workers by managers who themselves "filled their pockets".The public should not bear the brunt of unemployment insurance cuts, a higher retirement age and drops in pension scheme payments, he added.Rechtsteiner also criticised the House of Representatives' decision on 15.09.09 to adopt a slimmed down version of the governmenret's third economic stimulus package while the government didn't hesitate to bail out UBS. These scenes reminds us of the labour demonstrations they hold in Kerala with red flags and slogans Labourers of the world unite, you have nothing to loose but your chains

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[edwardwills]

ich habe glaubt Sweiss war gegen Socialism!