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According to the GPA union, the employers’ final offer was 6.25 percent of the actual salary amount and 7.25 percent of the collective bargaining agreement minimum salaries. The basis for negotiations is the average annual inflation of 7.75 percent, the GPA wants plus 9.75 percent. In previous KV rounds, the GPA union spoke of a “destructive way of negotiating” on the part of employers, and now there will be protests in front of the Chamber of Commerce (WKÖ) on January 24th for “fair salaries”.
- No KV agreement in the IT industry: Union calls for protest demonstration
“It is not understandable why, of all things, in the IT industry, which is certainly not a crisis industry, a deal below the inflation rate should be accepted,” it says on the GPA’s homepage. Last year, the agreement was reached on February 1st, and the salary increase at that time was an average of 8.8 percent. The minimum salary in the IT industry is 2,223 euros gross.
“Hardly anyone needs to complain that they don’t earn enough”
Peter Lieber, President of the Austrian Trade Association and himself a software entrepreneur, is making people sit up and take notice today. In the “Kurier” interview he highlighted irregularities in the legally correct accounting of working hours. “With the current framework, some work has to be done in terms of labor law,” he said. Regarding earnings in the industry, he said: “Hardly anyone needs to complain that they don’t earn enough.”
The bicycle messengers are also waiting for a KV for this year. The vida union speaks of a “shameful offer” from the employer representatives of 5.2 percent. What is required is 8.7 percent and a “fair share of productivity growth”. On January 19th There is a works council conference to discuss combat measures.
The retail workers, i.e. those employees who stock shelves or keep the branches clean, were the last to complete. Their wages rise by eight percent, and there are also socially staggered fixed amounts between 21 and 27 euros.
- More about this: Handels-KV: Salaries increase by an average of 8.43 percent
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Inflation was 7.8 percent last year, 0.8 points below the value in 2022, when it was 8.6 percent. However, 7.8 percent is around four times the ECB’s target value of 2 percent, and the decline in inflation in 2023 was more pronounced in most other countries in the euro area, Statistics Austria warned today.
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