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State employees in Lausanne demonstrating for higher wages on March 1 © Keystone / Valentin Flauraud
State employees in canton Vaud, western Switzerland, are continuing to press for higher wages. On Tuesday some 3,000 people took to the streets in Lausanne in support of this demand. The trade unions, however, have signalled a willingness to compromise.
This content was published on March 29, 2023 March 29, 2023 minutes Keystone-SDA/ts Not as many people turned out for this sixth demonstration as on January 31, when between 5,000 (according to the police) and 10,000 people (source trade unions) took to the streets. Most recently, the number of rally participants had dropped to 1,500.
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At the end of the demo the unions called on those present to“keep up the pressure on the cantonal government”, which it described as“contemptuous of humanity” and which“only understands the mobilisation of the street”.
The reason for the labour dispute was the cantonal government's decision in December to increase the wages of state employees by 1.4% from the beginning of 2023. However, this was not enough for the public sector workers, who demanded a full inflation adjustment of 3%.
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