| SGB/USS | |
| Location Country: | Switzerland |
| Affiliation: | ITUC, ETUC, TUAC |
| Members: | 315,790 |
| Membership Year: | 2023 |
| Full Name: | Swiss Trade Union Federation |
| Native Name: | Schweizerischer Gewerkschaftsbund Union Syndicale Suisse Unione Sindacale Svizzera |
| Founded: | 1880 |
| Headquarters: | Bern |
| Key People: | Pierre-Yves Maillard, president |
The Swiss Trade Union Federation (SGB; ;, USS) is the largest national trade union center in Switzerland.
The federation was founded in 1880. The SGB has close ties with the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (SPS). Ruth Dreifuss, the former President of the Confederation, and former member of the Swiss Federal Council, was previously an SGB official.
The following unions are affiliated to the SGB:
| Union | Abbreviation | Founded | Membership (2023)[1] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AvenirSocial | 2005 | 3,785 | ||
| PVB | 1912 | 7,378 | ||
| Garanto | 2001 | 2,614 | ||
| Kapers | Kapers | 1971 | 2,842 | |
| Nautilus | 2011 | 530 | ||
| New Wood | New Wood | 1998 | 23 | |
| SBPV | 1918 | 5,691 | ||
| SMV | 1914 | 1,687 | ||
| SMPV | 1893 | 2,476 | ||
| SSM | 1974 | 2,666 | ||
| VPOD | 1905 | 32,037 | ||
| Syndicom | 2010 | 29,034 | ||
| Unia | 2004 | 174,540 | ||
| SEV | 1919 | 36,916 |
| Union | Abbreviation | Founded | Left | Reason not affiliated | Membership (1954)[2] | Membership (2001)[3] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Association of Swiss Air Traffic Control Personnel | VSFP | 1988 | 1999 | Merged into GEKO | N/A | N/A | |
| Comedia | 1998 | 2010 | Merged into Syndicom | N/A | 16,597 | ||
| Staff Association of the Embroidery Industry | 1944 | Merged into GTCP | N/A | N/A | |||
| SBKV | 1889 | 1980 | Merged into GDP | 4,465 | N/A | ||
| Swiss Choir and Ballet Union | N/A | N/A | |||||
| Swiss Clothing and Leather Workers' Union | 1891 | 1930 | Disaffiliated | N/A | N/A | ||
| VBLA | 1930 | 1992 | Merged into SMUV | 8,248 | N/A | ||
| VSZP | 1906 | 2001 | Merged into Garanto | 3,464 | N/A | ||
| Swiss Dental Technicians' Union | 1918 | N/A | N/A | ||||
| Swiss Hat and Cap Workers' Union | SHMV | 1904 | 1947 | Merged into VBLA | N/A | N/A | |
| SLB | 1888 | 1998 | Merged into Comedia | 3,059 | N/A | ||
| SMUV | 1915 | 2004 | Merged into Unia | 115,944 | 89,907 | ||
| Swiss Professional Association of Social Work | SBS | 1946 | 2005 | Merged into AvenirSocial | N/A | N/A | |
| Swiss Textile Homeworkers' Union | 1914 | 1948 | Merged into GTCP | N/A | N/A | ||
| STB | 1858 | 1980 | Merged into GDP | 10,560 | N/A | ||
| Swiss Union of Silk Bolting Cloth Mill Workers | SVSW | 1890 | 2008 | Dissolved[4] | 596 | 256 | |
| Union Movement for Labour and Justice | GEWAG | 2005 | Dissolved | N/A | 521 | ||
| VHTL | 1915 | 2004 | Merged into Unia | 39,750 | 16,329 | ||
| GEKO | 1998 | 2010 | Merged into Syndicom | N/A | 38,375 | ||
| GBI | 1993 | 2004 | Merged into Unia | N/A | 91,276 | ||
| GBH | 1922 | 1993 | Merged into GBI | 71,813 | N/A | ||
| Union of Paper and Graphic Assistants of Switzerland | 1903 | 1934 | N/A | N/A | |||
| GDP | 1980 | 1998 | Merged into Comedia | N/A | N/A | ||
| VSPB | 1893 | 1998 | Merged into GEKO | 5,501 | N/A | ||
| PTT-Union | 1891 | 1998 | Merged into GEKO | 16,191 | N/A | ||
| VSTTB | 1874 | 1998 | Merged into GEKO | 2,528 | N/A | ||
| GTCP | 1908 | 1993 | Merged into GBI | 26,532 | N/A |
Since 1884, the SGB has had the following 27 presidents, one of which was a woman:
1884: Ludwig Witt
1886: Johann Kappes
1886: Ludwig Witt
1888: Albert Spiess
1888: Georg Preiss
1890: Rudolf Morf
1891: Conrad Conzett
1893: Eduard Hungerbühler
1894: Eduard Keel
1896: Lienhard Boksberger
1898: Alois Kessler
1900: Heinrich Schnetzler
1902: Niklaus Bill
1903: Karl Zingg
1909: Emile Ryser
1912: Oskar Schneeberger
1934: Robert Bratschi
1954: Arthur Steiner
1958: Hermann Leuenberger
1969: Ernst Wüthrich
1973: Ezio Canonica
1978: Richard Müller
1982: Fritz Reimann
1990: Walter Renschler
1994: Christiane Brunner and Vasco Pedrina
1998: Paul Rechsteiner
2019: Pierre-Yves Maillard