Comedia: No higher minimum wage for booksellers
The social partners—the Swiss Booksellers and Publishers Association (SBVV) and Comedia—were again unable to reach an agreement during the second round of wage negotiations. The media union is demanding an increase in minimum wages.
Within two weeks, more than ten percent of all bookstore employees had supported Comedia's demand by signing a letter of protest. With the current zero round, the SBVV has missed the connection to the reference wages in the retail trade - to the detriment of the book trade employees and to the detriment of the quality of the entire industry, writes Comedia in a communiqué on Tuesday. In the book trade, the minimum salary after a three-year apprenticeship is CHF 3,800. Young people are thus turning away from the industry despite their idealism when retailers such as Lidl, Coop (4,000 francs) and Migros (3,900 francs) pay higher minimum salaries.
The book trade is suffering only slightly from the economic crisis compared to other sectors, the report continues. Sales have only fallen by 2.2 percent compared to the very good previous year (latest figures August 2009).
The book trade is suffering only slightly from the economic crisis compared to other sectors, the report continues. Sales have only fallen by 2.2 percent compared to the very good previous year (latest figures August 2009).
