Workers for the City of Geneva are planning to strike tomorrow to fight proposals to cut pay and benefits next year.
The next budget is due to cut pension payments, the 13th salary and seniority pay. The city hopes to save CHF 6m.
Unions are also wanting more talks on early retirement.
More drug related violence in Geneva
A gunman has opened fire in broad daylight in the Perrier neighbourhood of Annemasse, just across the border from Geneva
More school protest disruption in Haute Savoie
Around 200 students blocked Annecy's lycée Charles-Baudelaire yesterday morning, the latest flare-up in a wave of French school protests over learning conditions
AI changes employment for young people
Switzerland's young apprenticeship graduates are stuck in an AI paradox: employers reject them for lack of experience, while artificial intelligence has automated the entry-level tasks that once built that experience
New scam alert
Thousands of Swiss phone users have received a genuine UBS activation code by SMS overnight — the first stage of what the bank describes as a new, multi-step scam
Snow returns to Zermatt
Zermatt reopens its glacier for free skiing from next Wednesday, after a heatwave forced the cable car operator to shut the slopes in late July
Fuel prices an issue for many frontaliers
Rising fuel prices are affecting frontaliers in the Chablais, where the public transport network isn’t adequate enough for most workers to leave the car at home
