Nadja Pieren, president of the vegetable producers unions for the regions Bern and Freiburg, emphasized that a minimum wage, established by law, of 22 Swiss francs per hour would result in the vegetable prices inevitably rising by around 25%. She wonders whether the consumers and buyers would be prepared to pay this. She is afraid that if the initiative were to be accepted, the consumers would stop buying Swiss products, and the import of foreign vegetables from countries will bad social conditions and lower wages would increase. There would also be less jobs in the agricultural industry and the stimulation to become a grower would decrease.
Minimum wage initiative in Swizerland: vegetables would become 25% more expensive
Nadja Pieren, president of the vegetable producers unions for the regions Bern and Freiburg, emphasized that a minimum wage, established by law, of 22 Swiss francs per hour would result in the vegetable prices inevitably rising by around 25%. She wonders whether the consumers and buyers would be prepared to pay this. She is afraid that if the initiative were to be accepted, the consumers would stop buying Swiss products, and the import of foreign vegetables from countries will bad social conditions and lower wages would increase. There would also be less jobs in the agricultural industry and the stimulation to become a grower would decrease.