Nursing staff Trade unions mobilize staff at grassroots level with care manifesto
Samuel Burri, co-industry manager for care at the Unia trade union, right, speaks alongside Nicolas Pons-Vignon, project manager of the Care Manifesto.
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Representatives of the Unia trade union presented their Care Manifesto on Wednesday.
Image: Keystone
Samuel Burri, co-industry manager for care at the Unia trade union, right, speaks alongside Nicolas Pons-Vignon, project manager of the Care Manifesto.
Image: Keystone
Representatives of the Unia trade union presented their Care Manifesto on Wednesday.
Image: Keystone
The current organization of long-term care has lost touch with the reality on the ground. With the help of a care manifesto, the trade union Unia is encouraging care staff at grassroots level to solve the crisis in long-term care themselves and have their say.
05.03.2025, 10:29
05.03.2025, 13:09
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Around 20 employees from long-term care and nursing have drawn up the manifesto, as Unia representatives explained to the media in Bern on Wednesday. Unia provided financial and logistical support for the project.
If the crisis is to be solved, this must be done with the people at grassroots level. According to Unia, this is where the ideas on how to transform care work by 2035 can be found. This is because the standardization of care work is inefficient and dangerous. The ageing population is much more than a lucrative market.
According to Unia, the manifesto is unique because it is the first time that employees have organized themselves collectively and autonomously. According to Unia, the task now is to build a broad movement at grassroots level.
