GENEVA: A Swiss cost-of-living demonstration called by unions and leftist parties, seeking wage rises and pension hikes, drew thousands to central Bern on Saturday a month out from parliamentary polls.

Organizers put the turnout at some 20,000, as demonstrators marched on parliament to press popular demands for "better salaries and better pensions."

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