1924 Swiss employment protection referendum
A referendum on employment protection was held in Switzerland on 17 February 1924.[1] Voters were asked whether they approved of an amendment to the federal employment protection law.[1] The proposal was rejected by 57.6% of voters.[1]
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Background
The referendum was an optional referendum,[1] which only a majority of the vote, as opposed to the mandatory referendums, which required a double majority; a majority of the popular vote and majority of the cantons.[2]
Results
| Choice | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| For | 320,668 | 42.4 |
| Against | 436,180 | 57.6 |
| Blank votes | 7,676 | – |
| Invalid votes | 1,981 | – |
| Total | 766,505 | 100 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 995,663 | 77.0 |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | ||
gollark: No.
gollark: https://images-ext-1.discordapp.net/external/jr0K-A6g7HNdoTQSO1XnIEB3J1yVjxuHJtGCcdt345k/https/pbs.twimg.com/media/FBIyAKGWYAMDcrS.jpg%3Alarge?width=940&height=623
gollark: Fear it:
gollark: (Taiwan holds basically all leading edge semiconductor production and I believe a lot of the older stuff. Invading could physically damage it in hard to fix ways, and would probably lead to the loss of most of the people working on it and their knowledge; even ignoring this, it relies on materials from elsewhere which could be cut off. Basically everyone needs the chips produced by TSMC, and if they just stopped existing so would... roughly all consumer electronics for several years.)
gollark: It would not.
References
- Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1909 ISBN 9783832956097
- Nohlen & Stöver, p1891
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