| General information | |
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| Official title | Volksinitiative «für die Einführung der 40-Stunden-Woche» |
| Voting day | 05.12.1976 |
| Voting result | Rejected (21.96% Yes votes and 0.0 out of 22 votes of the Cantons) |
| Vote Nº | 264 |
| Legal form | Popular initiative |
| Policy area | Economy > Employment > Working hours |
| Brief description by Swissvotes | PDF (in German) |
| Text subject to vote | PDF (in German) |
| Official Chronology | Link (in German) |
| Collection of signatures | |
|---|---|
| Initiators | Partito socialista autonomo, Revolutionäre marxistische Liga, Progressive Organisationen Schweiz (POCH) |
| Signatures | 54,227 |
| Time used to collect signatures | 768 days |
| Success | PDF (in German) |
| Pre-parliamentary phase | |
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| Federal Council dispatch | (in German) |
| Parliamentary phase | |
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| Item Nº | 75.098 |
| Parliamentary debate | PDF / Link (in German / French) |
| Duration of proceedings | 212 days |
| Parliament's position | Reject |
| Position of the National Council | Reject (9 Yes, 113 No) |
| Position of the Council of States | Reject (0 Yes, 32 No) |
| Public campaign | |
|---|---|
| Position of the Federal Council | Reject |
| Recommendations by parties |
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| Electoral share of 'yes' camp | 28.2% (Details) |
| Recommendations by others |
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| Deviating party sections |
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| Documents from the campaign | Display the list of documents |
| Graphical campaign material for a Yes |
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| Vote | |
|---|---|
| Voting result | Rejected |
| People | Rejected (21.96% Yes votes) |
| Cantons |
Rejected
(0.0 Yes, 22.0 No)
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| Turnout | 45.16% |
| Decree on voting result | PDF (in German) |
| Result by canton, district and municipality | Excel (in German) |
| Overview of voting result by the Federal Chancellery | Link (in German) |
| Interactive map by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office | Display the map |
