Should vocational training be guaranteed through a fund paid for by employers?

AI-generated summary, admin reviewed: This initiative proposed guaranteeing access to adequate vocational training. National and regional governments would be responsible for ensuring that enough training and apprenticeship places were available. A national vocational-training fund would be financed by employers, while the value of apprenticeship places already provided by a company would be taken into account. Supporters argued that young people needed a genuine opportunity to gain professional qualifications and that employers should share responsibility for training the future workforce. Opponents argued that the fund would create unnecessary bureaucracy and might discourage companies from voluntarily offering apprenticeships. Swiss voters rejected the initiative.

Seed source: Swissvotes federal popular vote dataset.
Swissvotes page: https://swissvotes.ch/vote/503.00
Official result data: https://bk.admin.ch/de/details-volksinitiativen?voteNumber=503
Vote date: 2003-05-18
Original Swissvotes English title: «Lehrstellen-Initiative»
Original German title: «Lehrstellen-Initiative»
Swissvotes short-description title: Mehr Staat für mehr Lehrstellen? Bürgerliche sagen Nein
Original French title: Initiative «Pour des places d'apprentissage»
Année Politique Suisse description: https://anneepolitique.swiss/prozesse/34633
BFS result map (German): https://mapexplorer.bfs.admin.ch/?obs=politic&lang=de#c=indicator&i=vp20030518.prop_oui_503_0
BFS result map (French): https://mapexplorer.bfs.admin.ch/?obs=politic&lang=fr#c=indicator&i=vp20030518.prop_oui_503_0
Official chronology (French): https://bk.admin.ch/fr/details-initiatives-populaires?voteNumber=503