Unia (union)

Unia is a trade union in Switzerland. It is the largest member of the Swiss Trade Union Confederation (SGB or USS) with 200,000 members. In addition its collective agreements affect the conditions of a million Swiss workers. It was formed on 16 October 2004 from the merger of the Trade union for Construction and Industry (GBI), the Trade Union for Industry, Trade and Services (SMUV), the VHTL, the old (working in the service sector) unia and the Geneva trade union in the tertiary sector.