25 years of interesting and in-depth work. A plethora of different memories of a wonderful as
well as a difficult, exciting and challenging period.
1997 – the year of decisions
27.2.1997
The delegates of the Sandoz In-House Association agree to join the NAV.
Spring 1997
Meeting at Bad Schauenburg: the presidents and vice presidents of all the subassociations
within the two companies lay the foundation for a joint, forward-looking social partnership at Novartis.
25.4.1997
The delegates of the Novartis Employees Association at Ciba-Geigy admit the two Sandoz
representatives HVS and ASA.
2.6.1997
The General Meeting of the Sandoz Academic Association (ASA) confirms joining the NAV.
10.12.1997
First elections to the Novartis Employee Representative Council. KATHRIN AMACKER takes over as Chairperson.
1998 – things really start moving!
4.6.1998
On the occasion of the last delegates meeting of the transitional organization, the old professional associations dissolve themselves and from then on emerge as the unified
Novartis Employees Association NAV. ALEX GASSER becomes the first President.
1998–2006
ALEX GASSER heads the Novartis Employees Association NAV for the first 8 years and
establishes contacts and connections with company representatives. Both parties are convinced that mutual acceptance among the social partners will promote a uniform human resources policy supported by all employees, which is why the company concludes an agreement in principle with the employees’ association. This agreement in principle precisely defines the rights and obligations of the employees’ association. (It can be viewed on the NAV website.)
Under the leadership of ALEX GASSER, the NAV develops into a strong negotiating
body for employees in this new environment.
The employee representation consists of representatives from the NAV and Unia (Novartis internal: called indipendent alliance). The NAV is mainly represented in the employee representation for (PV-A) employees. However only a few of its members populate the representation for employees with a collective employment contract (PVGAV). In contrast to the employees’ association where the management is elected by its members at the Annual General Meeting, elections for employee representatives take place every 4 years and all employees with an individual employment contract (management excluded) or a collective employment contract are eligible to vote.
2001
The NAV wins the PV-A elections with 7 out of 11 seats and KATHRIN AMACKER takes over the Chair of the PV-A employee representation again. In the elections to the board of trustees of the pension fund (on the employee side), the NAV wins 3 of 7 seats, including that of vice presidency.
2004
In these elections, the NAV wins the majority of seats on the pension fund’s board of trustees on the employee side, but is defeated by the “independent alliance” in the elections to the PV-A employees’ representative body.
2007
In 2007, the NAV succeeded in winning a landslide victory in the elections for the PV-A
employee representatives (for employees with an individual employee contract), and HENRIETTE BRUNNER was able to take over the Chair in this committee as well.
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