ZURICH - Labour Day marches in Zurich, Geneva and Bellinzona put health premiums and housing at the centre of the speeches. Factory-floor language has not disappeared. It now shares the microphone with invoices that hit every member, including those who never see a shop floor.
Police in Zurich described a dense, lawful Helvetiaplatz. In Geneva the route toward the university filled early. Ticino's smaller march still found the premium jump of 7.1 percent an easy chant.
A year of household arithmetic
Last year's wage note is here. This year's January premium file is here.