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Employment Act (opening hours of petrol station shops)

General information
Official title Änderung des Bundesgesetzes über die Arbeit in Industrie, Gewerbe und Handel (Arbeitsgesetz, ArG)
Voting day 22.09.2013
Voting result Accepted (55.79% Yes votes)
Vote Nº 574
Legal form Optional referendum
Policy area Economy > Employment > Employment conditions
Brief description by Swissvotes PDF (in German)
Description by Année Politique Suisse Link (in German / French)
Text subject to vote PDF (in German)
Official Chronology Link (in German)
Parliamentary phase
Item Nº 09.462
Parliamentary initiative PDF (in German)
Report of the parliamentary committee PDF (in German)
Opinion of the Federal Council PDF (in German)
Parliamentary debate PDF / Link (in German / French)
Parliament's position Accept
Position of the National Council Accept (128 Yes, 59 No)
Position of the Council of States Accept (29 Yes, 11 No)
Collection of signatures
Initiators Sonntagsallianz (kirchliche Organisationen, linke und christliche politische Parteien, Gewerkschaften, Frauenverbände, Suchthilfestellen und Arbeitsmediziner)
Signatures 70,306
Time used to collect signatures 96 days
Success PDF (in German)
Public campaign
Official explanatory brochure PDF (in German)
Position of the Federal Council Accept
Explanatory brochure by easyvote PDF (in German)
Recommendations by parties
Yes
BDP
CVP
FDP
FPS
GLP
Lega
MCG
SVP
No
CSP
EDU
EVP
GPS
KVP
PdA
SD
SPS
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 66.0% (Details)
Recommendations by others
Yes
eco
SBV
SGV
No
SGB
TravS
Deviating party sections
No
CVP SG
SVP GL
SVP JU
Free vote
SVP VS
Number of adverts in print media 535
Percentage of adverts for a 'yes' 55%
Analysis of the advertising campaign by Année Politique PDF (in German)
Media coverage: number of articles 35
Media coverage: tonality 29 (predominantly positive)
Documents from the campaign Display the list of documents
Graphical campaign material for a Yes
Graphical campaign material for a No Show all
Vote
Voting result Accepted
People Accepted (55.79% Yes votes)
Cantons Majority of the cantons not required (18.0 Yes, 5.0 No)
Rejected
FR
JU
NE
UR
VS
Accepted
AG
AI
AR
BE
BL
BS
GE
GL
GR
LU
NW
OW
SG
SH
SO
SZ
TG
TI
VD
ZG
ZH
Turnout 46.68%
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
Post-vote poll
Full analysis of post-vote poll results PDF (in German)
Technical report PDF (in German)