Should the ban on women working at night and on Sundays be removed?

Swiss vote 448.00 (29 November 1998) was not about whether women should be allowed to work. It was about revising Switzerland's labour law, including allowing women to work at night under the same rules as men and expanding opportunities for night and Sunday work in certain sectors, while introducing protections such as compensation and health safeguards. The proposal was approved.

What the proposal did:
Removed the special prohibition on industrial night work for women, treating men and women equally.
Expanded the circumstances in which businesses could use night and Sunday work.
Required protections and compensation for employees working these hours.

Arguments for:
Equal treatment of men and women.
Greater flexibility for businesses.
Better suited to a modern, 24-hour economy.

Arguments against:
More weekend and night work could harm family life and health.
Workers might face greater pressure to accept inconvenient working hours.
Trade unions feared weaker protections for employees

Seed source: Swissvotes federal popular vote dataset.
Swissvotes page: https://swissvotes.ch/vote/448.00
Official result data: https://bk.admin.ch/de/details-referenden-und-weitere-erlasse?voteNumber=448
Vote date: 1998-11-29
Original Swissvotes English title: Arbeitsgesetz
Original German title: Arbeitsgesetz
Swissvotes short-description title: Nacht- und Sonntagsarbeit: Die zweite Gratwanderung des Parlaments führt ans Ziel
Original French title: Loi sur le travail
Année Politique Suisse description: https://anneepolitique.swiss/prozesse/57857
BFS result map (German): https://mapexplorer.bfs.admin.ch/?obs=politic&lang=de#c=indicator&i=vp19981129.prop_oui_448_0
BFS result map (French): https://mapexplorer.bfs.admin.ch/?obs=politic&lang=fr#c=indicator&i=vp19981129.prop_oui_448_0
Official chronology (French): https://bk.admin.ch/fr/details-referendums-et-autres-actes?voteNumber=448