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Should a minimum wage be established in your country?

Should a minimum wage be established in your country?
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  • Yes 50% (1)
  • No 50% (1)

VoteWorld community: 2

Official result — Switzerland

  • Yes 23.7% (687571)
  • No 76.3% (2210192)

Official result — Switzerland: 2897763

Official Swiss vote totals are shown separately from live VoteWorld votes. Official source: https://swissvotes.ch/vote/583.00. Imported: 2026-05-29.

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AI-generated summary, admin reviewed: This initiative required national and regional governments to protect wages and establish a legal minimum wage. The constitutional text did not specify an amount, but the campaign proposed CHF 22 per hour or approximately CHF 4,000 per month. Supporters argued that people working full-time should be able to live on their wages and should not need public assistance. Opponents warned that a uniform national minimum could eliminate lower-paid jobs, ignore differences between industries and regions and weaken wage agreements negotiated between employers and trade unions. Swiss voters rejected the initiative.
Seed source: Swissvotes federal popular vote dataset.
Swissvotes page: https://swissvotes.ch/vote/583.00
Official result data: https://www.bk.admin.ch/ch/d/pore/va/20140518/det583.html
Vote date: 2014-05-18
Original Swissvotes English title: Minimum Wage Initiative
Original German title: «Mindestlohn-Initiative»
Swissvotes short-description title: Mindestlohn-Initiative beschert der Linken eine herbe Niederlage
Original French title: «Initiative sur les salaires minimums»
Année Politique Suisse description: https://anneepolitique.swiss/prozesse/27025
easyvote explainer video (German): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvEKq4EztXw
easyvote explainer video (French): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbMMErMxwZ4
BFS result map (German): https://mapexplorer.bfs.admin.ch/?obs=politic&lang=de#c=indicator&i=vp20140518.prop_oui_583_0
BFS result map (French): https://mapexplorer.bfs.admin.ch/?obs=politic&lang=fr#c=indicator&i=vp20140518.prop_oui_583_0
Official chronology (German): https://www.bk.admin.ch/ch/d/pore/vi/vis399.html
Official chronology (French): https://www.bk.admin.ch/ch/f/pore/vi/vis399.html