The delegates of the Swiss Federation of trade unions (SGB) at their meeting on Friday in Bern, a popular initiative for a 13. AHV retirement pension decided. The beginning of the signature collection of the SGB will determine the Board.
The Initiative is the response of the trade unions on the always clearly visible at the end of the pension problem, say it in a media release. The pensions of the pension funds were falling for years, although the workers contributions into their pension Fund contributions.
Particularly problematic is the pension situation of women is: If you ever got a pension Fund, whether these, on average, only half as high as those of men.
The pensions are already alarmingly low. Half of all that went on in 2017, in retirement, would need to come up with less than 3600 francs per month to make ends meet (AHV pension funds-pension together).
increase of pensions to 8.33 per cent
Therefore, there is a need for a 13. AHV pension is drawn, as it is for many a 13. Monthly salary can give. This is on a monthly payment calculated to increase the pensions to 8.33 per cent. Due to the balancing property of the AHV ends of the low and middle income benefited so at the most. The Initiative also provides that recipients of supplementary benefits from the 13. Monthly pension benefit to.
The SGB delegates have also decided that the profits of the Swiss national Bank are to be used for the financing of the AHV. In the Parliament intended to appropriate majorities depended. The parliamentary path should fail, would be considered by the SGB launch an Initiative to this question.
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Created: 15.11.2019, 14:26 PM
