Comedia (trade union) explained

Comedia was a trade union representing print and media workers in Switzerland.

The union was founded in December 1998, when the Union of Printing and Paper merged with the Swiss Lithographers' Union, the Employees' Union of the Swiss Book Trade, and the Swiss Union of Journalists. It affiliated to the Swiss Trade Union Federation, and initially had about 17,000 members.^[1]

Originally, the union was divided into six sectors, but in 2005, it restructured its members into four sectors: graphics, books and media, press and culture, and graphical communication.^[2]

On 3 December 2010, Comedia merged with the Union of Communication, to form Syndicom.^[3]

Presidents

1998: Christian Tirefort

2005: Roland Kreuzer and Danièle Lenzin

References

1. Web site: Gewerkschaft Druck und Papier (GDP) / Syndicat du livre et du papier / Sindacato del libro e della carta . Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv . 4 December 2020.
2. Web site: Gewerkschaft "Comedia" beschliesst Struktur- und Generationenwechsel . Pressetext . 6 December 2020.
3. Web site: UNI calls on newly formed Syndicom to "change the rules of the game" . UNI Global Union . 6 December 2020.