Comedia: Green light for merger with communications union
At its convention in Bern on Saturday, the media union Comedia overwhelmingly approved the merger with the Communications Union. Of the 93 delegates, only one voted against the merger. In addition, the co-presidency of Danièle Lenzin and Roland Kreuzer was confirmed for another year.
The merger concept was approved after intensive discussions, Comedia announced. The ball is now in the court of the members of the larger communications union. They will meet in Bern at the beginning of next week to decide on a possible merger. According to Unia, a merger of the two unions would create the second-largest union within the Swiss Federation of Trade Unions. According to the merger concept, the united union would be founded on January 1, 2011. It would have 48,000 members.
The Comedia trade union is anchored in the graphic arts, packaging, media and book industries. It has around 13,000 members. The Communication union, for its part, has its roots in the employees of companies of the former PTT. It has around 35,000 members.
The Comedia trade union is anchored in the graphic arts, packaging, media and book industries. It has around 13,000 members. The Communication union, for its part, has its roots in the employees of companies of the former PTT. It has around 35,000 members.
Tripartite merger failed in March 2009
In March, a three-way merger between the Association of Public Service Employees (vpod), the Communications Union and Comedia failed. The structures and needs of the three unions were too different, it was said at the time. While the communication union and Comedia worked nationally and supra-regionally and represented certain sectors, the vpod mainly organized the staff of regional and local employers who worked across all sectors.
