The Swiss Union of Public Service Personnel (German: Schweizerischer Verband des Personals öffentlicher Dienste, VPOD; French: Syndicat des services publics) is a trade union representing public sector workers in Switzerland.
The union was founded in 1905, as the Swiss Municipal and State Workers' Union. In 1920, it absorbed the Swiss Tram Union, and in 1924 it became VPOD. It affiliated to the Swiss Trade Union Federation, and became known for its political lobbying. Its membership steadily increased, reaching 18,505 in 1940, and 42,561 in 1980.[1][2]
In its early years, the union's membership was mostly utility, tram and municipal building workers, but from the 1960s, education, social and heath workers became more prominent.[2] As of 2017, the union had 34,252 members.[3]
Presidents edit
- 1905: Herman Greulich
- 1915:
- 1940: Ferdinand Böhny
- 1958: Herman Müller
- 1970: Ria Schärer
- 1982: Christiane Brunner
- 1989:
- 2003: Christine Goll
- 2010: Katharina Prelicz-Huber
- 2023: Christian Dandrès
References edit
- ^ "Schweizerischer Verband des Personals öffentlicher Dienste vpod, Syndicat des services publics ssp". Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
- ^ a b "Schweizerischer Verband des Personals öffentlicher Dienste (VPOD)". Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
- ^ "353'647 Mitglieder Ende 2017: zur Mitgliederentwicklung des SGB im vergangenen Jahr". SGB. Retrieved 15 December 2020.