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Urs Stauffer comes from Biel/Bienne, the bilingual Swiss town. His professional specialist area concerns direct taxation. Since 2002, he has presided over the Central Federation for Public Service Employees Switzerland. Staff organisations, be they organised at the level of the cantons or else at local and regional level, fall under the umbrella of this organisation. He is a member of the ‘Ebenrainkonferenz’, which brings together those in charge of all public service and private sector trade unions in Switzerland. In addition to this, he belongs to the parliamentary Group for Labour, a forum for regular exchanges amongst 70 national councils and councils of state and trade union representatives. Urs Stauffer is also President of the Swiss Municipal Taxation Conference and represents the cities’ taxation interests vis-a-vis the cantons and the state.
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