The Swiss Commercial Association (German: Kaufmännischer Verband Schweiz, KV Schweiz; French: Société suisse des employés de commerce) is a trade union representing white collar private sector workers in Switzerland.
Initially, it focused on training members and maintaining professional standards, but from World War I onwards, it took more interest in preserving pay and conditions during downturns.
[1] In 1918, the union played a leading role in founding the Confederation of Swiss Employees' Associations (VSA), and for many years provided more than half the federation's membership.
[1] It then began to decline, and by 1997 had 63,770 members, of whom 36% worked in production, 26% in finance, 23% in commerce, 12% in other administration, and 3% in hospitality.
[2] In 2000, it left the VSA, and reordered the words in its title, to become KV Schweiz.