History of
Social Security
in Switzerland

Gallery

Poster of the political campaign of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU), 1957. Source: 1000Dokumente.
Poster of the political campaign of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU), 1957. Source: 1000Dokumente.
Empty highway on a car-free Sunday, 23 November 1973, photograph by Rolf Widmer, RBA3-2_10461_2 © StAAG / RBA.
Empty highway on a car-free Sunday, 23 November 1973, photograph by Rolf Widmer, RBA3-2_10461_2 © StAAG / RBA.
Swiss soldier with a child. Source: Hans Gerold Witz, Vierzig Jahre Nationalspende, Zurich 1960.
Swiss soldier with a child. Source: Hans Gerold Witz, Vierzig Jahre Nationalspende, Zurich 1960.
Swiss national exhibition 1883, Zurich, Zentralbibliothek Zürich
Swiss national exhibition 1883, Zurich, Zentralbibliothek Zürich
Social Insurance: The Confederation’s New Means of Transport. Swiss Social Archives, Zurich.
Social Insurance: The Confederation’s New Means of Transport. Swiss Social Archives, Zurich.
Certificat Société fraternelle de prévoyance, Neuchâtel, Late 19th century. Source: private property.
Certificat Société fraternelle de prévoyance, Neuchâtel, Late 19th century. Source: private property.
Don Quixote against Social Insurance, Nebelspalter, 13 January 1900. Use authorized by Nebelspalter Editions, Horn.
Don Quixote against Social Insurance, Nebelspalter, 13 January 1900. Use authorized by Nebelspalter Editions, Horn.
Swiss delegation (C. Hermann, C.H. Rüfenacht, H. Wegmann, S.D. Schindler, K. Ilg) at the International Labour Conference, Washington 1919. BIT Library, Geneva, Copyright International Labor Organization.
Swiss delegation (C. Hermann, C.H. Rüfenacht, H. Wegmann, S.D. Schindler, K. Ilg) at the International Labour Conference, Washington 1919. BIT Library, Geneva, Copyright International Labor Organization.
Labour Day Parade: March of musicians and banners. Source: Swiss Social Archive, Zurich, F_5047-Fb-054.
Labour Day Parade: March of musicians and banners. Source: Swiss Social Archive, Zurich, F_5047-Fb-054.
Swiss people, help the family! Federal vote of 25 November 1945, Hugo Laupi, Poster Collection of the Basel School of Design, reference: CH-000957-X:4345.
Swiss people, help the family! Federal vote of 25 November 1945, Hugo Laupi, Poster Collection of the Basel School of Design, reference: CH-000957-X:4345.
Poster campaign by the Disability Insurance for the integration of people with disabilities, 2009. Ironic text: ‘People with disabilities only cost us money.’ Internet.
Poster campaign by the Disability Insurance for the integration of people with disabilities, 2009. Ironic text: ‘People with disabilities only cost us money.’ Internet.
Poster by Carl Scherrer for the vote on Old Age and Survivors’ Insurance (OASI) of 6 December 1931. Source: Swiss Social Archives, Zurich.
Poster by Carl Scherrer for the vote on Old Age and Survivors’ Insurance (OASI) of 6 December 1931. Source: Swiss Social Archives, Zurich.
Fridolin Müller, poster for the Swiss Foundation for the Elderly. Swiss National Library, SNL_BIEN_160.
Fridolin Müller, poster for the Swiss Foundation for the Elderly. Swiss National Library, SNL_BIEN_160.
Advertisement of the Swiss Popular Bank, 1983, ISSA (1983) La Sécurité sociale en question: retour aux sources – la solidarité helvétique – entre le bien et le mieux (XXIe Assemblée générale de l’AISS; Genève, 3-13 octobre).
Advertisement of the Swiss Popular Bank, 1983, ISSA (1983) La Sécurité sociale en question: retour aux sources – la solidarité helvétique – entre le bien et le mieux (XXIe Assemblée générale de l’AISS; Genève, 3-13 octobre).
Poster (1925) by Karl Bicke for the popular vote of 24 May 1925 (Rothenberger initiative). Swiss National Library, Bern, SNL_POL_77.
Poster (1925) by Karl Bicke for the popular vote of 24 May 1925 (Rothenberger initiative). Swiss National Library, Bern, SNL_POL_77.
Poster (1925) by Karl Bicke for the popular vote of 24 May 1925 (Rothenberger initiative). Swiss National Library, Bern, SNL_POL_77.
Poster (1925) by Karl Bicke for the popular vote of 24 May 1925 (Rothenberger initiative). Swiss National Library, Bern, SNL_POL_77.
Poster by Hans Erni for the Old Age and Survivors’ Insurance (OASI) vote of 6 July 1947, reference: Unia trade union.
Poster by Hans Erni for the Old Age and Survivors’ Insurance (OASI) vote of 6 July 1947, reference: Unia trade union.
Poster commissioned by the Green Party of Switzerland advocating a flexible retirement age from 62, 1995. Source: Zurich University of the Arts, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Poster Collection, Archive no. 88-0593
Poster commissioned by the Green Party of Switzerland advocating a flexible retirement age from 62, 1995. Source: Zurich University of the Arts, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Poster Collection, Archive no. 88-0593
50 hungry unemployed people are provided with food at the municipal employment office in Bern, ca. 1933, author unknown, Swiss Social Archives: F 5096-Fx-001
50 hungry unemployed people are provided with food at the municipal employment office in Bern, ca. 1933, author unknown, Swiss Social Archives: F 5096-Fx-001
50 hungry unemployed people are provided with food at the municipal employment office in Bern, ca. 1933, author unknown, Swiss Social Archives: F 5096-Fx-001
50 hungry unemployed people are provided with food at the municipal employment office in Bern, ca. 1933, author unknown, Swiss Social Archives: F 5096-Fx-001
Social Insurance and Allied Services (Beveridge Report), 1942, Parliamentary Archives, BBK/D/495
Social Insurance and Allied Services (Beveridge Report), 1942, Parliamentary Archives, BBK/D/495
Visita di un’assistente sociale. Emma Steiger, Geschichte der Frauenarbeit in Zürich, Zürich 1964.
Visita di un’assistente sociale. Emma Steiger, Geschichte der Frauenarbeit in Zürich, Zürich 1964.
Swiss Federal Councillor Max Petitpierre at the ILO Regional Conference, 1955. ILO, Photo Gallery, image: e11043, copyright International Labor Organization.
Swiss Federal Councillor Max Petitpierre at the ILO Regional Conference, 1955. ILO, Photo Gallery, image: e11043, copyright International Labor Organization.
List of soldiers who died in 1918 due to the Spanish flu. Names have been redacted. Bassegoda, Jean: 75 Years of Military Insurance, 1901–1976. Bern 1976.
List of soldiers who died in 1918 due to the Spanish flu. Names have been redacted. Bassegoda, Jean: 75 Years of Military Insurance, 1901–1976. Bern 1976.
Vote on the Federal Health Insurance Act of 6 December 1987.
Vote on the Federal Health Insurance Act of 6 December 1987.
Message from the Federal Council regarding the 9th revision of the Old Age and Survivors’ Insurance (OASI), 7 July 1976, line graph, Federal Gazette, III, 123.
Message from the Federal Council regarding the 9th revision of the Old Age and Survivors’ Insurance (OASI), 7 July 1976, line graph, Federal Gazette, III, 123.
Swiss soldier with a child. Source: Hans Gerold Witz, Vierzig Jahre Nationalspende, Zurich 1960.
Swiss soldier with a child. Source: Hans Gerold Witz, Vierzig Jahre Nationalspende, Zurich 1960.
Albert Anker, Soup for the Poor in Ins II, 1893, oil on canvas, 85 x 137 cm. Source: Bern Art Museum, State of Bern.
Albert Anker, Soup for the Poor in Ins II, 1893, oil on canvas, 85 x 137 cm. Source: Bern Art Museum, State of Bern.
Caricature on the 'civil liability' of employers, Der neue Postillon, 2 February 1912, 75 Years of SUVA, Lucerne 1993.
Caricature on the 'civil liability' of employers, Der neue Postillon, 2 February 1912, 75 Years of SUVA, Lucerne 1993.
Caricature of Federal Councillor Ludwig Forrer as Moses. Source: Nebelspalter, 03.02.1912, used with the consent of the Nebelspalter publisher, Horn.
Caricature of Federal Councillor Ludwig Forrer as Moses. Source: Nebelspalter, 03.02.1912, used with the consent of the Nebelspalter publisher, Horn.
Zurich City Insurance and Assistance Fund, waiting room at Helmhaus (1936), Edy Meyer. Swiss Social Archives."
Zurich City Insurance and Assistance Fund, waiting room at Helmhaus (1936), Edy Meyer. Swiss Social Archives."
Zurich City Insurance and Assistance Fund, waiting room at Helmhaus (1936), Edy Meyer. Swiss Social Archives."
Zurich City Insurance and Assistance Fund, waiting room at Helmhaus (1936), Edy Meyer. Swiss Social Archives."
Poster by Hans Erni for the Old Age and Survivors’ Insurance (OASI) vote of 6 July 1947, reference: Unia trade union.
Poster by Hans Erni for the Old Age and Survivors’ Insurance (OASI) vote of 6 July 1947, reference: Unia trade union.
Labour Day Parade: March of musicians and banners. Source: Swiss Social Archive, Zurich, F_5047-Fb-054.
Labour Day Parade: March of musicians and banners. Source: Swiss Social Archive, Zurich, F_5047-Fb-054.
Poster for the 3rd December 1972 popular vote. Source: private ownership.
Poster for the 3rd December 1972 popular vote. Source: private ownership.
‘Don’t forget your helmet’, Suva accident prevention poster, 1977. Source: Suva, Lucerne.
‘Don’t forget your helmet’, Suva accident prevention poster, 1977. Source: Suva, Lucerne.
Federal councillor Pascal Couchepin, 2009. Source: Federal Chancellery.
Federal councillor Pascal Couchepin, 2009. Source: Federal Chancellery.
Poster "Pensez à la vieillesse... votez oui", 1925. Source: Museum für Gestaltung Zürich. Archive Zurich University of the Arts.
Poster "Pensez à la vieillesse... votez oui", 1925. Source: Museum für Gestaltung Zürich. Archive Zurich University of the Arts.
Poster ‘No to the 10th AHV Revision’, 1995. Source: Geneva Library, Da 2845.
Poster ‘No to the 10th AHV Revision’, 1995. Source: Geneva Library, Da 2845.
Alfred Tzaut, Suva director 1913-1936. Source: www.suva.ch [09.02.2014].
Alfred Tzaut, Suva director 1913-1936. Source: www.suva.ch [09.02.2014].
Job seekers on the labor market. Source: Lafontant / Milliet, Arbeite wer kann!, Zurich 1996.
Job seekers on the labor market. Source: Lafontant / Milliet, Arbeite wer kann!, Zurich 1996.
Illustration ‘Why Family Allowances?’ Source: Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Gemeinnützigkeit 471941, p. 76f.
Illustration ‘Why Family Allowances?’ Source: Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Gemeinnützigkeit 471941, p. 76f.
Proposal to the Federal Council regarding the organization of the Federal Social Insurance Office, 17th February 1913, source: Swiss Federal Archives, Bern, CH-BAR#E46#1000-865#29#2#5.
Proposal to the Federal Council regarding the organization of the Federal Social Insurance Office, 17th February 1913, source: Swiss Federal Archives, Bern, CH-BAR#E46#1000-865#29#2#5.
Caricature of federal councillor Edmund Schulthess. Source: Böschenstein, Bundesrat Edmund Schulthess. Krieg und Krisen, Bern 1966.
Caricature of federal councillor Edmund Schulthess. Source: Böschenstein, Bundesrat Edmund Schulthess. Krieg und Krisen, Bern 1966.
Ruth Dreifuss at a demonstration for maternity leave. Source: Fischli, Dreifuss ist unser Name, Zürich 2002.
Ruth Dreifuss at a demonstration for maternity leave. Source: Fischli, Dreifuss ist unser Name, Zürich 2002.
Nelson Mandela at the 77th International Labor Conference, Geneva, 8th June 1990. Source: ILO image database.
Nelson Mandela at the 77th International Labor Conference, Geneva, 8th June 1990. Source: ILO image database.
Yes to Maternity Leave 2004. Source: Bibliothèque de Genève, Da 2757.
Yes to Maternity Leave 2004. Source: Bibliothèque de Genève, Da 2757.
Poster ‘Yes to Maternity Insurance’, 1999. Source: Bibliothèque de Genève, Da 2918.
Poster ‘Yes to Maternity Insurance’, 1999. Source: Bibliothèque de Genève, Da 2918.
Swiss Red Cross, child welfare, 1942 (poster). Zurich University of the Arts / Zurich Museum of Design, poster collection, no. 86-0800.
Swiss Red Cross, child welfare, 1942 (poster). Zurich University of the Arts / Zurich Museum of Design, poster collection, no. 86-0800.
Swiss health insurance cards from various providers. Source: http://www.radiofm1.ch/mediathek/at/12682 [11.02.2014].
Swiss health insurance cards from various providers. Source: http://www.radiofm1.ch/mediathek/at/12682 [11.02.2014].
Album ‘50th Anniversary of the Neustadtgasse Children’s Crèche in Zurich’, 1956. Sozialarchiv, Sozarch_F_5078-FX-01-030.
Album ‘50th Anniversary of the Neustadtgasse Children’s Crèche in Zurich’, 1956. Sozialarchiv, Sozarch_F_5078-FX-01-030.
Portrait of Maria Fierz. Source: Photographer Luise Schwabe.
Portrait of Maria Fierz. Source: Photographer Luise Schwabe.
Title page of the journal ‘Women of Action 1850-1950’; the article by Marta von Meyenberg in it was entitled ‘Lived transformations in social women’s work’. Source: von Meyenburg, Marta: Erlebte Wandlungen in sozialer Frauenarbeit, in: Büttiker, C. (ed.): Frauen der Tat. 1850–1950. Aarau 1951, S. 106-126.
Title page of the journal ‘Women of Action 1850-1950’; the article by Marta von Meyenberg in it was entitled ‘Lived transformations in social women’s work’. Source: von Meyenburg, Marta: Erlebte Wandlungen in sozialer Frauenarbeit, in: Büttiker, C. (ed.): Frauen der Tat. 1850–1950. Aarau 1951, S. 106-126.
Advertisement “100 Years of PATRIA". Source: ISSA (1983) La Sécurité sociale en question: retour aux sources – la solidarité helvétique – entre le bien et le mieux (XXIe Assemblée générale de l’AISS; Genève, 3-13 octobre).
Advertisement “100 Years of PATRIA". Source: ISSA (1983) La Sécurité sociale en question: retour aux sources – la solidarité helvétique – entre le bien et le mieux (XXIe Assemblée générale de l’AISS; Genève, 3-13 octobre).
Federal councillor Philipp Etter. Source: Actualités Suisses Lausanne (ASL), 1977.
Federal councillor Philipp Etter. Source: Actualités Suisses Lausanne (ASL), 1977.
Poster for the popular vote of 25th November 1945, source: Swiss National Library, Bern, Grafische Sammlung, Schweizer Plakatsammlung, SNL_POL_172.
Poster for the popular vote of 25th November 1945, source: Swiss National Library, Bern, Grafische Sammlung, Schweizer Plakatsammlung, SNL_POL_172.
Manifesto Pro Juventute del 1922. Fonte: Biblioteca nazionale svizzera, SNL_BIEN_156.
Manifesto Pro Juventute del 1922. Fonte: Biblioteca nazionale svizzera, SNL_BIEN_156.
Portrait of Arnold Bohren. Source: Stämpfli, 100 Jahre SAV, Bern 2005.
Portrait of Arnold Bohren. Source: Stämpfli, 100 Jahre SAV, Bern 2005.
Ernst Kaiser. Portrait from ETH Graphische Sammlung. Source: http://www.library.ethz.ch/Ressourcen/Digitale-Kollektionen/Kurzportraets/Ernst-Kaiser-1907-1978 [03.02.2014].
Ernst Kaiser. Portrait from ETH Graphische Sammlung. Source: http://www.library.ethz.ch/Ressourcen/Digitale-Kollektionen/Kurzportraets/Ernst-Kaiser-1907-1978 [03.02.2014].
A RAV office in Bern. Source: Internet.
A RAV office in Bern. Source: Internet.
Portrait of Margarita Schwarz-Gagg. Source: Gosteli Foundation, Worblaufen.
Portrait of Margarita Schwarz-Gagg. Source: Gosteli Foundation, Worblaufen.
Poster ‘No to the Trade Unions Crisis Initiative’, 1935. Source: Swiss National Library, SNL_POL_130.
Poster ‘No to the Trade Unions Crisis Initiative’, 1935. Source: Swiss National Library, SNL_POL_130.
Labour Day procession, Münsterbrücke, Zurich, 1976. Sozialarchiv, Sozarch_F_5069-Na-003-018.
Labour Day procession, Münsterbrücke, Zurich, 1976. Sozialarchiv, Sozarch_F_5069-Na-003-018.
The ‘Inselspital’ (University Hospital of Bern) at Kreuzmatte, Berne 1884. Source: Staatsarchiv des Kantons Bern, Insel II 1471.
The ‘Inselspital’ (University Hospital of Bern) at Kreuzmatte, Berne 1884. Source: Staatsarchiv des Kantons Bern, Insel II 1471.
Federal councillor Walther Stampfli in his office. Source: Associated Press.
Federal councillor Walther Stampfli in his office. Source: Associated Press.
Diagram from the SVP party manifesto, 2011-2015: Social expenditures https://www.svp.ch/de/assets/File/positionen/parteiprogramm/svp_parteiprogramm_d.pdf
Diagram from the SVP party manifesto, 2011-2015: Social expenditures https://www.svp.ch/de/assets/File/positionen/parteiprogramm/svp_parteiprogramm_d.pdf
Suva poster on work safety. Source: Suva Archive.
Suva poster on work safety. Source: Suva Archive.
NO to Compulsory Unemployment Insurance. 1926, Zurich. Source: Poster collection, Museum of Design, Zurich.
NO to Compulsory Unemployment Insurance. 1926, Zurich. Source: Poster collection, Museum of Design, Zurich.
Pro-Juventute Plakat, Celestino Piatti, Basel 1957, Bibliothèque de Genève, Celestino Piatti, Da 391
Pro-Juventute Plakat, Celestino Piatti, Basel 1957, Bibliothèque de Genève, Celestino Piatti, Da 391
Per la Vecchiaia (1953). Poster for Pro Juventute. Artist: Celestino Piatti. Photographer: Stricker. Copyright: Barbara Piatti. Reference: Médiathèque Valais.
Per la Vecchiaia (1953). Poster for Pro Juventute. Artist: Celestino Piatti. Photographer: Stricker. Copyright: Barbara Piatti. Reference: Médiathèque Valais.
Italian immigrant workers at Brig station, 1950s, photograph by Hermann Freytag, Ernst Halter (Hg.), Das Jahrhundert der Italiener, Zürich 2003, Copyright Ringier Dokumentation.
Italian immigrant workers at Brig station, 1950s, photograph by Hermann Freytag, Ernst Halter (Hg.), Das Jahrhundert der Italiener, Zürich 2003, Copyright Ringier Dokumentation.
Caricature on the 'civil liability' of employers, Der neue Postillon, 2 February 1912, 75 Years of SUVA, Lucerne 1993.
Caricature on the 'civil liability' of employers, Der neue Postillon, 2 February 1912, 75 Years of SUVA, Lucerne 1993.
Poster for the vote of 26 November 2006. Swiss Social Archives, Zurich.
Poster for the vote of 26 November 2006. Swiss Social Archives, Zurich.
Albert Anker, Soup for the Poor in Ins II, 1893, oil on canvas, 85 x 137 cm. Source: Bern Art Museum, State of Bern.
Albert Anker, Soup for the Poor in Ins II, 1893, oil on canvas, 85 x 137 cm. Source: Bern Art Museum, State of Bern.
Commemorative sheet for the 1883 Swiss National Exhibition. Created by Ernst Conrad, printed by the lithographic cooperative of Aussersihl (Zentralbibliothek Zürich, Graphic Collection and Photo Archive).
Commemorative sheet for the 1883 Swiss National Exhibition. Created by Ernst Conrad, printed by the lithographic cooperative of Aussersihl (Zentralbibliothek Zürich, Graphic Collection and Photo Archive).
Copyright SKOS
Copyright SKOS
Coronavirus Switzerland: Press conference February 2021, Federal Councillor Alain Berset and President of the GDK, Lukas Engelberger. Source: Keystone.
Coronavirus Switzerland: Press conference February 2021, Federal Councillor Alain Berset and President of the GDK, Lukas Engelberger. Source: Keystone.
Distribution of meals to poor children, Zurich, 1908. Annals of the Swiss Society for School Hygiene, 9/1908.
Distribution of meals to poor children, Zurich, 1908. Annals of the Swiss Society for School Hygiene, 9/1908.
Portrait of Mentona Moser. Source: http://www.sozialearbeit.zhaw.ch [06.02.2014].
Portrait of Mentona Moser. Source: http://www.sozialearbeit.zhaw.ch [06.02.2014].
Perché siamo nati poveri? (1919). Manifesti. Artista: Alfred Heinrich Pellegrini. Lingua: tedesco. Copyright: Alfred Heinrich Pellegrini. Riferimento: Museo del Design di Zurigo, Collezione manifesti, Segnatura 07-0652.
Perché siamo nati poveri? (1919). Manifesti. Artista: Alfred Heinrich Pellegrini. Lingua: tedesco. Copyright: Alfred Heinrich Pellegrini. Riferimento: Museo del Design di Zurigo, Collezione manifesti, Segnatura 07-0652.
German Accident Insurance Law of 1884, Internet
German Accident Insurance Law of 1884, Internet
Unemployed men and women in front of a job postings board. ASL Photo Agency Actualités Suisses Lausanne (1954–1999). Dated November 1993. 2.4 × 3.6 cm. Swiss National Museum.
Unemployed men and women in front of a job postings board. ASL Photo Agency Actualités Suisses Lausanne (1954–1999). Dated November 1993. 2.4 × 3.6 cm. Swiss National Museum.
US President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act, 14 August 1935. Social Security Agency (Internet).
US President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act, 14 August 1935. Social Security Agency (Internet).
Copyright SODK
Copyright SODK
Zurich City Insurance and Assistance Fund, waiting room at Helmhaus (1936), Edy Meyer. Swiss Social Archives."
Zurich City Insurance and Assistance Fund, waiting room at Helmhaus (1936), Edy Meyer. Swiss Social Archives."
Portrait of Arnold Saxer. Source: Socialarchiv, Zurich.
Portrait of Arnold Saxer. Source: Socialarchiv, Zurich.
Drawing/cartoon: Switzerland in the heart of Europe. Source: Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv Zurich, F 5030-Za-0083.
Drawing/cartoon: Switzerland in the heart of Europe. Source: Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv Zurich, F 5030-Za-0083.
Window of a social welfare office. Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv, Sozarch_F_5031-Fb-0392.
Window of a social welfare office. Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv, Sozarch_F_5031-Fb-0392.
Meeting of pensioners in Winterthur in June 1986: Pensioners gazing at the stage. Source: Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv Zürich, F 5031-Fc-0999.
Meeting of pensioners in Winterthur in June 1986: Pensioners gazing at the stage. Source: Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv Zürich, F 5031-Fc-0999.
Photomontage by Walter Erb: Production of goods and unemployment (Euro-Stoffe AG company and labour office). Swiss Social Archives, Zurich.
Photomontage by Walter Erb: Production of goods and unemployment (Euro-Stoffe AG company and labour office). Swiss Social Archives, Zurich.
A person with a disability at work. Sozialarchiv, Zurich, Sozarch_F_5032-Fb-0723.
A person with a disability at work. Sozialarchiv, Zurich, Sozarch_F_5032-Fb-0723.
1964 Swiss National Exhibition in Lausanne: futuristic work (Globularia electrica). Swiss Social Archives, Zurich.
1964 Swiss National Exhibition in Lausanne: futuristic work (Globularia electrica). Swiss Social Archives, Zurich.
A women at work at a computer. Source: Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv Zürich, F 5032-Fc-1056.
A women at work at a computer. Source: Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv Zürich, F 5032-Fc-1056.
A man with a disability at work. Source: Swiss Social Archives, Zurich, SozArch F 5032-Fc-1323.
A man with a disability at work. Source: Swiss Social Archives, Zurich, SozArch F 5032-Fc-1323.
Landsgemeinde in Appenzell. Source: Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv, Sozarch_F_5032-Fd-0128.
Landsgemeinde in Appenzell. Source: Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv, Sozarch_F_5032-Fd-0128.
Labour Day parade, march with a banner: ‘For a Fair Military Insurance!’ Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv, Sozarch_F_5047-Fb-090.
Labour Day parade, march with a banner: ‘For a Fair Military Insurance!’ Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv, Sozarch_F_5047-Fb-090.
Poster for the popular vote of 22 May 1949. Swiss Social Archives, Zurich.
Poster for the popular vote of 22 May 1949. Swiss Social Archives, Zurich.
Employment Office of the City of Zurich (Flössergasse) 1931: the unemployed stand in a queue. Source: Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv Zürich, F 5092-Na-001.
Employment Office of the City of Zurich (Flössergasse) 1931: the unemployed stand in a queue. Source: Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv Zürich, F 5092-Na-001.
Poster by the GOAL advertising agency for the Swiss People’s Party (SVP) for the vote of 16.05.2004 on the 11th OASI revision, Swiss Social Archives, reference: F 5123-Pe-122.
Poster by the GOAL advertising agency for the Swiss People’s Party (SVP) for the vote of 16.05.2004 on the 11th OASI revision, Swiss Social Archives, reference: F 5123-Pe-122.
"The daycare provider looks after the child during the mother's working hours", c. 1983. Source: Swiss Social Archive, Zurich, Sozarch_F_5146-Fa-0229
"The daycare provider looks after the child during the mother's working hours", c. 1983. Source: Swiss Social Archive, Zurich, Sozarch_F_5146-Fa-0229
Homeless person in a shopping centre, photograph by Giuliano Da Campo. Swiss Social Archives, Zurich.
Homeless person in a shopping centre, photograph by Giuliano Da Campo. Swiss Social Archives, Zurich.
Fridolin Schuler. Source: Sozialarchiv, Zurich.
Fridolin Schuler. Source: Sozialarchiv, Zurich.
Capannone industriale, probabilmente una tipografia, intorno al 1900, Archivio sociale svizzero, Zurigo; segnatura: Sozarch_F_Fb-0016-02
Capannone industriale, probabilmente una tipografia, intorno al 1900, Archivio sociale svizzero, Zurigo; segnatura: Sozarch_F_Fb-0016-02
Swiss Exhibition for Women’s Work (SAFFA) 1958: The Nurses. Source: Swiss Social Archive, Zurich: F Fb-0020-33
Swiss Exhibition for Women’s Work (SAFFA) 1958: The Nurses. Source: Swiss Social Archive, Zurich: F Fb-0020-33
Mobilization of the army, 1939, photograph by Herrmann Freytag, Swiss Social Archives.
Mobilization of the army, 1939, photograph by Herrmann Freytag, Swiss Social Archives.
International Conference on the Protection of Workers, 15–25 September 1913, in the National Council Chamber, Bern. Swiss Social Archives, Zurich.
International Conference on the Protection of Workers, 15–25 September 1913, in the National Council Chamber, Bern. Swiss Social Archives, Zurich.
Unemployed people during the 1920s, Swiss Social Archives, Zurich.
Unemployed people during the 1920s, Swiss Social Archives, Zurich.
«Wir fordern Alters- und Invalidenversicherung»: Processione del 1° maggio a Schlieren, presumibilmente 1927. Fonte: Archivio sociale svizzero, Zurigo.
«Wir fordern Alters- und Invalidenversicherung»: Processione del 1° maggio a Schlieren, presumibilmente 1927. Fonte: Archivio sociale svizzero, Zurigo.
Cantonal educational institution for mentally deficient children in Hohenrain, Lucerne. Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv, Sozarch_F_Fe-0002-30.
Cantonal educational institution for mentally deficient children in Hohenrain, Lucerne. Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv, Sozarch_F_Fe-0002-30.
Poster for the referendum of 4th December 1994, source: Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv, Zurich.
Poster for the referendum of 4th December 1994, source: Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv, Zurich.
Postcard of the Swiss Fund for Proletarian Children, around 1940: Child behind bars, with a house in the background. Source: Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv Zürich, F Ka-0002-378.
Postcard of the Swiss Fund for Proletarian Children, around 1940: Child behind bars, with a house in the background. Source: Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv Zürich, F Ka-0002-378.
‘No. Thanks.’ Swiss Cancer League. Source: Swiss Social Archive, Zurich, F Ob-0001-09.
‘No. Thanks.’ Swiss Cancer League. Source: Swiss Social Archive, Zurich, F Ob-0001-09.
Symbol for a person in a wheelchair. Source: Swiss Social Archive, Zurich, Sozarch_F_Oc-0002-016.
Symbol for a person in a wheelchair. Source: Swiss Social Archive, Zurich, Sozarch_F_Oc-0002-016.
Poster by the Social Democratic Party (SP) for the vote of 26 September 2004. Swiss Social Archives, Zurich, reference: F Pc-0287.
Poster by the Social Democratic Party (SP) for the vote of 26 September 2004. Swiss Social Archives, Zurich, reference: F Pc-0287.
Poster for the vote of 8 December 1974. Swiss Social Archives, Zurich.
Poster for the vote of 8 December 1974. Swiss Social Archives, Zurich.
"Kampf für ein freies Zürich der Arbeit - Partei der Arbeit" - Drawing: Oversized worker stands above the red silhouette of Zurich, pointing to a red flag, 1946. Source: Swiss Social Archives, F Pe-0614.
"Kampf für ein freies Zürich der Arbeit - Partei der Arbeit" - Drawing: Oversized worker stands above the red silhouette of Zurich, pointing to a red flag, 1946. Source: Swiss Social Archives, F Pe-0614.
New social insurance card, 2008, source: Internet.
New social insurance card, 2008, source: Internet.
Public canteen at the Drei Rosen relief office, Basel-Stadt, 1914–1918. Basel-Stadt Cantonal Archives.
Public canteen at the Drei Rosen relief office, Basel-Stadt, 1914–1918. Basel-Stadt Cantonal Archives.
Federal councillor Hans Peter Tschudi during the Federal Council’s annual excursion, 1970. Source: RBA6_TschudiHansPeter_1 © StAAG / RBA.
Federal councillor Hans Peter Tschudi during the Federal Council’s annual excursion, 1970. Source: RBA6_TschudiHansPeter_1 © StAAG / RBA.
David de Pury et al., Mut zum Aufbruch, 1995, Orell Füssli Verlag. (english translation of the title: 'White Paper' of the Employers’ Association.
David de Pury et al., Mut zum Aufbruch, 1995, Orell Füssli Verlag. (english translation of the title: 'White Paper' of the Employers’ Association.
The welfare house of the Von Roll Ironworks, Klus, 1920s/1930s, source: Gerold Ermatinger, Kapital und Ethos: Die sozialen und kulturellen Taten des schweizerischen Privatkapitals im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert, Zurich/Leipzig 1936.
The welfare house of the Von Roll Ironworks, Klus, 1920s/1930s, source: Gerold Ermatinger, Kapital und Ethos: Die sozialen und kulturellen Taten des schweizerischen Privatkapitals im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert, Zurich/Leipzig 1936.
Poster of the political campaign of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU), 1957. Source: 1000Dokumente. Empty highway on a car-free Sunday, 23 November 1973, photograph by Rolf Widmer, RBA3-2_10461_2 © StAAG / RBA. Swiss soldier with a child. Source: Hans Gerold Witz, Vierzig Jahre Nationalspende, Zurich 1960. Swiss national exhibition 1883, Zurich, Zentralbibliothek Zürich Social Insurance: The Confederation’s New Means of Transport. Swiss Social Archives, Zurich. Certificat Société fraternelle de prévoyance, Neuchâtel, Late 19th century. Source: private property. Don Quixote against Social Insurance, Nebelspalter, 13 January 1900. Use authorized by Nebelspalter Editions, Horn. Swiss delegation (C. Hermann, C.H. Rüfenacht, H. Wegmann, S.D. Schindler, K. Ilg) at the International Labour Conference, Washington 1919. BIT Library, Geneva, Copyright International Labor Organization. Labour Day Parade: March of musicians and banners. 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Poster (1925) by Karl Bicke for the popular vote of 24 May 1925 (Rothenberger initiative). Swiss National Library, Bern, SNL_POL_77. Poster by Hans Erni for the Old Age and Survivors’ Insurance (OASI) vote of 6 July 1947, reference: Unia trade union. Poster commissioned by the Green Party of Switzerland advocating a flexible retirement age from 62, 1995. Source: Zurich University of the Arts, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Poster Collection, Archive no. 88-0593 50 hungry unemployed people are provided with food at the municipal employment office in Bern, ca. 1933, author unknown, Swiss Social Archives: F 5096-Fx-001 50 hungry unemployed people are provided with food at the municipal employment office in Bern, ca. 1933, author unknown, Swiss Social Archives: F 5096-Fx-001 Social Insurance and Allied Services (Beveridge Report), 1942, Parliamentary Archives, BBK/D/495 Visita di un’assistente sociale. Emma Steiger, Geschichte der Frauenarbeit in Zürich, Zürich 1964. Swiss Federal Councillor Max Petitpierre at the ILO Regional Conference, 1955. ILO, Photo Gallery, image: e11043, copyright International Labor Organization. List of soldiers who died in 1918 due to the Spanish flu. Names have been redacted. Bassegoda, Jean: 75 Years of Military Insurance, 1901–1976. Bern 1976. Vote on the Federal Health Insurance Act of 6 December 1987. Message from the Federal Council regarding the 9th revision of the Old Age and Survivors’ Insurance (OASI), 7 July 1976, line graph, Federal Gazette, III, 123. Swiss soldier with a child. Source: Hans Gerold Witz, Vierzig Jahre Nationalspende, Zurich 1960. Albert Anker, Soup for the Poor in Ins II, 1893, oil on canvas, 85 x 137 cm. Source: Bern Art Museum, State of Bern. Caricature on the 'civil liability' of employers, Der neue Postillon, 2 February 1912, 75 Years of SUVA, Lucerne 1993. Caricature of Federal Councillor Ludwig Forrer as Moses. 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Alfred Tzaut, Suva director 1913-1936. Source: www.suva.ch [09.02.2014]. Job seekers on the labor market. Source: Lafontant / Milliet, Arbeite wer kann!, Zurich 1996. Illustration ‘Why Family Allowances?’ Source: Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Gemeinnützigkeit 471941, p. 76f. Proposal to the Federal Council regarding the organization of the Federal Social Insurance Office, 17th February 1913, source: Swiss Federal Archives, Bern, CH-BAR#E46#1000-865#29#2#5. Caricature of federal councillor Edmund Schulthess. Source: Böschenstein, Bundesrat Edmund Schulthess. Krieg und Krisen, Bern 1966. Ruth Dreifuss at a demonstration for maternity leave. Source: Fischli, Dreifuss ist unser Name, Zürich 2002. Nelson Mandela at the 77th International Labor Conference, Geneva, 8th June 1990. Source: ILO image database. Yes to Maternity Leave 2004. Source: Bibliothèque de Genève, Da 2757. Poster ‘Yes to Maternity Insurance’, 1999. Source: Bibliothèque de Genève, Da 2918. Swiss Red Cross, child welfare, 1942 (poster). Zurich University of the Arts / Zurich Museum of Design, poster collection, no. 86-0800. Swiss health insurance cards from various providers. Source: http://www.radiofm1.ch/mediathek/at/12682 [11.02.2014]. Album ‘50th Anniversary of the Neustadtgasse Children’s Crèche in Zurich’, 1956. Sozialarchiv, Sozarch_F_5078-FX-01-030. Portrait of Maria Fierz. Source: Photographer Luise Schwabe. Title page of the journal ‘Women of Action 1850-1950’; the article by Marta von Meyenberg in it was entitled ‘Lived transformations in social women’s work’. Source: von Meyenburg, Marta: Erlebte Wandlungen in sozialer Frauenarbeit, in: Büttiker, C. (ed.): Frauen der Tat. 1850–1950. Aarau 1951, S. 106-126. Advertisement “100 Years of PATRIA". Source: ISSA (1983) La Sécurité sociale en question: retour aux sources – la solidarité helvétique – entre le bien et le mieux (XXIe Assemblée générale de l’AISS; Genève, 3-13 octobre). Federal councillor Philipp Etter. Source: Actualités Suisses Lausanne (ASL), 1977. Poster for the popular vote of 25th November 1945, source: Swiss National Library, Bern, Grafische Sammlung, Schweizer Plakatsammlung, SNL_POL_172. Manifesto Pro Juventute del 1922. Fonte: Biblioteca nazionale svizzera, SNL_BIEN_156. Portrait of Arnold Bohren. Source: Stämpfli, 100 Jahre SAV, Bern 2005. Ernst Kaiser. Portrait from ETH Graphische Sammlung. Source: http://www.library.ethz.ch/Ressourcen/Digitale-Kollektionen/Kurzportraets/Ernst-Kaiser-1907-1978 [03.02.2014]. A RAV office in Bern. Source: Internet. Portrait of Margarita Schwarz-Gagg. Source: Gosteli Foundation, Worblaufen. Poster ‘No to the Trade Unions Crisis Initiative’, 1935. Source: Swiss National Library, SNL_POL_130. Labour Day procession, Münsterbrücke, Zurich, 1976. Sozialarchiv, Sozarch_F_5069-Na-003-018. The ‘Inselspital’ (University Hospital of Bern) at Kreuzmatte, Berne 1884. Source: Staatsarchiv des Kantons Bern, Insel II 1471. Federal councillor Walther Stampfli in his office. Source: Associated Press. Diagram from the SVP party manifesto, 2011-2015: Social expenditures https://www.svp.ch/de/assets/File/positionen/parteiprogramm/svp_parteiprogramm_d.pdf Suva poster on work safety. Source: Suva Archive. NO to Compulsory Unemployment Insurance. 1926, Zurich. Source: Poster collection, Museum of Design, Zurich. Pro-Juventute Plakat, Celestino Piatti, Basel 1957, Bibliothèque de Genève, Celestino Piatti, Da 391 Per la Vecchiaia (1953). Poster for Pro Juventute. Artist: Celestino Piatti. Photographer: Stricker. Copyright: Barbara Piatti. Reference: Médiathèque Valais. Italian immigrant workers at Brig station, 1950s, photograph by Hermann Freytag, Ernst Halter (Hg.), Das Jahrhundert der Italiener, Zürich 2003, Copyright Ringier Dokumentation. Caricature on the 'civil liability' of employers, Der neue Postillon, 2 February 1912, 75 Years of SUVA, Lucerne 1993. Poster for the vote of 26 November 2006. Swiss Social Archives, Zurich. Albert Anker, Soup for the Poor in Ins II, 1893, oil on canvas, 85 x 137 cm. Source: Bern Art Museum, State of Bern. Commemorative sheet for the 1883 Swiss National Exhibition. Created by Ernst Conrad, printed by the lithographic cooperative of Aussersihl (Zentralbibliothek Zürich, Graphic Collection and Photo Archive). Copyright SKOS Coronavirus Switzerland: Press conference February 2021, Federal Councillor Alain Berset and President of the GDK, Lukas Engelberger. Source: Keystone. Distribution of meals to poor children, Zurich, 1908. Annals of the Swiss Society for School Hygiene, 9/1908. Portrait of Mentona Moser. Source: http://www.sozialearbeit.zhaw.ch [06.02.2014]. Perché siamo nati poveri? (1919). Manifesti. Artista: Alfred Heinrich Pellegrini. Lingua: tedesco. Copyright: Alfred Heinrich Pellegrini. Riferimento: Museo del Design di Zurigo, Collezione manifesti, Segnatura 07-0652. German Accident Insurance Law of 1884, Internet Unemployed men and women in front of a job postings board. ASL Photo Agency Actualités Suisses Lausanne (1954–1999). Dated November 1993. 2.4 × 3.6 cm. Swiss National Museum. US President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act, 14 August 1935. Social Security Agency (Internet). Copyright SODK Zurich City Insurance and Assistance Fund, waiting room at Helmhaus (1936), Edy Meyer. Swiss Social Archives." Portrait of Arnold Saxer. Source: Socialarchiv, Zurich. Drawing/cartoon: Switzerland in the heart of Europe. Source: Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv Zurich, F 5030-Za-0083. Window of a social welfare office. Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv, Sozarch_F_5031-Fb-0392. Meeting of pensioners in Winterthur in June 1986: Pensioners gazing at the stage. Source: Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv Zürich, F 5031-Fc-0999. Photomontage by Walter Erb: Production of goods and unemployment (Euro-Stoffe AG company and labour office). Swiss Social Archives, Zurich. A person with a disability at work. Sozialarchiv, Zurich, Sozarch_F_5032-Fb-0723. 1964 Swiss National Exhibition in Lausanne: futuristic work (Globularia electrica). Swiss Social Archives, Zurich. A women at work at a computer. Source: Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv Zürich, F 5032-Fc-1056. A man with a disability at work. Source: Swiss Social Archives, Zurich, SozArch F 5032-Fc-1323. Landsgemeinde in Appenzell. Source: Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv, Sozarch_F_5032-Fd-0128. Labour Day parade, march with a banner: ‘For a Fair Military Insurance!’ Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv, Sozarch_F_5047-Fb-090. Poster for the popular vote of 22 May 1949. Swiss Social Archives, Zurich. Employment Office of the City of Zurich (Flössergasse) 1931: the unemployed stand in a queue. Source: Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv Zürich, F 5092-Na-001. Poster by the GOAL advertising agency for the Swiss People’s Party (SVP) for the vote of 16.05.2004 on the 11th OASI revision, Swiss Social Archives, reference: F 5123-Pe-122. "The daycare provider looks after the child during the mother's working hours", c. 1983. Source: Swiss Social Archive, Zurich, Sozarch_F_5146-Fa-0229 Homeless person in a shopping centre, photograph by Giuliano Da Campo. Swiss Social Archives, Zurich. Fridolin Schuler. Source: Sozialarchiv, Zurich. Capannone industriale, probabilmente una tipografia, intorno al 1900, Archivio sociale svizzero, Zurigo; segnatura: Sozarch_F_Fb-0016-02 Swiss Exhibition for Women’s Work (SAFFA) 1958: The Nurses. Source: Swiss Social Archive, Zurich: F Fb-0020-33 Mobilization of the army, 1939, photograph by Herrmann Freytag, Swiss Social Archives. International Conference on the Protection of Workers, 15–25 September 1913, in the National Council Chamber, Bern. Swiss Social Archives, Zurich. Unemployed people during the 1920s, Swiss Social Archives, Zurich. «Wir fordern Alters- und Invalidenversicherung»: Processione del 1° maggio a Schlieren, presumibilmente 1927. Fonte: Archivio sociale svizzero, Zurigo. Cantonal educational institution for mentally deficient children in Hohenrain, Lucerne. Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv, Sozarch_F_Fe-0002-30. Poster for the referendum of 4th December 1994, source: Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv, Zurich. Postcard of the Swiss Fund for Proletarian Children, around 1940: Child behind bars, with a house in the background. Source: Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv Zürich, F Ka-0002-378. ‘No. Thanks.’ Swiss Cancer League. Source: Swiss Social Archive, Zurich, F Ob-0001-09. Symbol for a person in a wheelchair. Source: Swiss Social Archive, Zurich, Sozarch_F_Oc-0002-016. Poster by the Social Democratic Party (SP) for the vote of 26 September 2004. Swiss Social Archives, Zurich, reference: F Pc-0287. Poster for the vote of 8 December 1974. Swiss Social Archives, Zurich. "Kampf für ein freies Zürich der Arbeit - Partei der Arbeit" - Drawing: Oversized worker stands above the red silhouette of Zurich, pointing to a red flag, 1946. Source: Swiss Social Archives, F Pe-0614. New social insurance card, 2008, source: Internet. Public canteen at the Drei Rosen relief office, Basel-Stadt, 1914–1918. Basel-Stadt Cantonal Archives. Federal councillor Hans Peter Tschudi during the Federal Council’s annual excursion, 1970. Source: RBA6_TschudiHansPeter_1 © StAAG / RBA. David de Pury et al., Mut zum Aufbruch, 1995, Orell Füssli Verlag. (english translation of the title: 'White Paper' of the Employers’ Association. The welfare house of the Von Roll Ironworks, Klus, 1920s/1930s, source: Gerold Ermatinger, Kapital und Ethos: Die sozialen und kulturellen Taten des schweizerischen Privatkapitals im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert, Zurich/Leipzig 1936.