Swiss Pension Fight Pits Gourmet Pigs Against Dwindling Payouts
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Swiss to vote Sept. 25 on proposal to boost pensions by 10%
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Government opposes initiative as it plans own pension reform
Swiss voters decide this week whether to support a 10 percent increase in the basic state pension amid an opposition campaign that likened the proposal to feeding gourmet food to pigs.
The labor unions and Socialist and Green parties backing the initiative to boost the maximum monthly AHV pension to 2,585 francs ($2,645) have called on the young to show solidarity with retirees facing the prospect of shrinking incomes. The Christian Democrat party showed its opposition to a plan it says an aging population can’t afford by serving a three-course lunch of salad, stuffed zucchinis and berries to pigs outside the Swiss parliament in Bern…
Swiss Pension Fight Pits Gourmet Pigs Against Dwindling Payouts