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Collective proposal addressed to the Valais Constituent Assembly
FOR UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME
COLLECTIVE PROPOSAL ADDRESSED TO THE VALAIS CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY
The inhabitants of the canton of Valais, the undersigned, ask the Constituent Assembly to include in the future constitution of the canton the following articles:
- Every inhabitant of Valais has the right to the indispensable means that allow him to lead a dignified life and participate in public life.
- The State ensures the realization of this right through the introduction of an unconditional basic income.
Social protection in force has become inadequate
- forms of precarious work have emerged, conditions and social contributions are no longer guaranteed
- the aging of the population and the decrease in years of work threaten the AVS and the 2nd pillar
- a new class of working poor (precariat) knows the insecurity and passes through the meshes of the social net
- privacy controls are humiliating for claimants of social benefits
- with its multiple revisions, the social system has become both overcrowded and insufficient
Universal Basic Income is paid
- to the entire population regularly established, with an amount sufficient to allow a dignified life
- to individuals and not to households
- without taking into account any other element of income or fortune
- without any obligation to accept a job or to have to justify his incapacity to work
- without any obligation to provide counterpart
The introduction of the basic income
- will be done pragmatically, either by a general measure, or gradually, in addition to existing federal social insurance, or by other reforms
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Motion to the Geneva cantonal parliament: “A pilot experiment of UBI in Geneva”
As we announced last June, the proposed motion, “A pilot experiment of unconditional basic income (UBI) in Geneva”, was tabled on 11 September 2019 in the Geneva cantonal parliament (Grand Conseil) by a group of deputies from the Greens and the Socialist Party (SP).
The text of this motion calls on the government (Conseil d'État): [+]
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Press release: Greens call for UBI pilot experience in Geneva
Press release
EQUALITY IS ACHIEVED THROUGH
THE UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME
The Green Party calls for the establishment of a pilot experiment for the introduction of a UBI in the canton of Geneva
While more than a third of Geneva's men and women voted for the unconditional basic income three years ago, today, on the eve of the women's strike on June 14, the Green and BIEN-Switzerland are proposing a pilot experiment for Geneva: the unconditional basic income (UBI) as a central tool for equality.
The UBI is not only an excellent means of ensuring a better redistribution of wealth among the population, as well for women than men, but also makes it possible to rethink our relationship at work completely and to value unpaid activities, which are essential to social cohesion. The UBI thus makes it possible to better reconcile professional life, training, family life, associative and political life and free time for all. [+]
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Le revenu de base inconditionnel, un instrument pour l'égalité des droits
La grève des femmes et le revenu de base inconditionnel
A l’approche de la grève des femmes du 14 juin, je repense à la votation de 2016 sur le revenu de base et à la manière dont le Conseil Fédéral a méprisé les femmes : “plusieurs catégories de personnes n’auraient plus de raison financière d’exercer une activité lucrative, notamment les personnes qui gagnent moins de 2500 francs par mois ou à peine plus, c’est-à-dire les travailleurs à bas salaire ou à temps partiel, qui sont majoritairement des femmes.”
Ça vous a choqué autant que moi comme prise de position ? A l’époque ça n’a pas déclenché une grande ferveur féministe et je me demande encore pourquoi.
Le revenu de base est pour moi un projet féministe, car il favorise la reconnaissance du travail non rémunéré, donne la possibilité de refuser un travail dont les conditions ne nous conviennent pas et offre la liberté de choisir ses activités. Il affranchirait donc beaucoup de femmes (et d’hommes…) en permettant de faire évoluer leurs droits et transformer les rapports de force.
Pour le Conseil Fédéral, les travailleurs à bas salaires et à temps partiel sont majoritairement des femmes et c’est bien ainsi. De quel droit les 7 sages ont-ils pu émettre sur les femmes un avis aussi péremptoire et reléguer ainsi une grande partie de la population dans une sous-catégorie ne méritant pas le revenu de base ou un salaire décent ? [+]
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Crowdfunding for the Unconditional Basic Income experiment in Rheinau/ZH
A majority of residents in Rheinau have agreed to an experiment with an “unconditional basic income”, which will last a year and is intended to be the subject of a documentary film to be directed by the writer-director Rebecca Panian. The team around the director which is behind the pilot study prefers not to be dependent on either the taxpayer or private sponsors. Thus everyone is invited to support the project financially.
Over six million francs need to be collected by 4 December 2018! Why so much? The sum is based on the total needed for a basic income for a year for the 770 participants. The payments would be made at the beginning of each month, as would be the case in real life. The organizing team works on a volunteer basis and is not included in the budget. If any money is left over at the end of the experiment, a poll will be conducted among the contributors to decide democratically how the remaining amount should be used.
The parameters of the pilot study are as follows *: [+]
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