{"id":58586,"date":"2026-05-01T08:23:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T08:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/58586\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T08:23:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T08:23:43","slug":"swiss-may-1-demos-planned-at-50-locations-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/58586\/","title":{"rendered":"Swiss May 1 demos planned at 50 locations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/56093086078efde0261807fa15b3909b7838777b-91345981.jpg\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" alt=\"1 May in Switzerland: industrial action at fifty locations\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"sync\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                1 May in Switzerland: industrial action at fifty locations            <\/p>\n<p>            Keystone-SDA        <\/p>\n<p>        Some 50 Labour Day demonstrations will take place in Switzerland on May 1 under the slogan &#8220;Defend jobs and wages. No to isolation&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>            Listen to the article        <\/p>\n<p>            Listening the article        <\/p>\n<p>                Toggle language selector            <\/p>\n<p>                            English (US)                        <\/p>\n<p>                            English (British)                        <\/p>\n<p>            Generated with artificial intelligence.        <\/p>\n<p>        This content was published on    <\/p>\n<p>        May 1, 2026 &#8211; 09:03\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/about-us\/swissinfo-ch-newsletter_newsletter-subscription\/42152624\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">+ Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Low real wages and the high cost of living are driving workers onto the streets in many places, writes the trade union federation.<\/p>\n<p>Trade union heavyweights will be present in several locations to give speeches throughout the day-<\/p>\n<p>A rally in Zurich, which is traditionally the largest demonstration, will begin at midday on Sechsel\u00e4utenplatz. <\/p>\n<p>Government ministers Beat Jans and Elisabeth Baume-Schneider will also make appearances alongside others who will address rallies. <\/p>\n<p>Translated from German by AI\/mga<\/p>\n<p>                How we work            <\/p>\n<p>We select the most relevant news for an international audience and use automatic translation tools to translate them into English. 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