Switzerland's Love-Hate Affair with Immigrants. Tom Carter.
by Carter, Tom; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 14Environment. Publisher: World & I, 2005ISSN: 1522-3205;.Subject(s): Alien labor | Emigration and immigration -- Switzerland | Immigrants -- Attitudes toward | Immigrants -- Switzerland | Switzerland -- Ethnic relations | Switzerland -- Politics and governmentDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Jean-Marc Buhler, manager of the Hotel Zurcherhof, says that 55 percent of his hotel, kitchen, and dining-room staff are foreigners--from the Philippines, Eastern Europe, and Germany. 'Absolutely, they are good workers. I couldn't stay open without foreign workers,' Buhler said. A good waiter can make $45,000 a year, he said. 'But the Swiss won't do this work,' he said. 'They want to work in a bank, sit behind a desk, or work on a computer.'...Buhler said that in Zurich almost 30 percent of the population is foreign-born, compared with about 20 percent in the rest of Switzerland and about 12 percent in Europe as a whole and in the United States." (WORLD & I) This article discusses Switzerland's reliance on foreign workers, despite the pronounced anti-immigrant sentiment by some Swiss citizens.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Switzerland's Love-Hate Affair with Immigrants, April 2005; pp. n.p..
"Jean-Marc Buhler, manager of the Hotel Zurcherhof, says that 55 percent of his hotel, kitchen, and dining-room staff are foreigners--from the Philippines, Eastern Europe, and Germany. 'Absolutely, they are good workers. I couldn't stay open without foreign workers,' Buhler said. A good waiter can make $45,000 a year, he said. 'But the Swiss won't do this work,' he said. 'They want to work in a bank, sit behind a desk, or work on a computer.'...Buhler said that in Zurich almost 30 percent of the population is foreign-born, compared with about 20 percent in the rest of Switzerland and about 12 percent in Europe as a whole and in the United States." (WORLD & I) This article discusses Switzerland's reliance on foreign workers, despite the pronounced anti-immigrant sentiment by some Swiss citizens.
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