Collective bargaining negotiations for higher wages and salaries are currently taking place in several sectors. While some negotiators already agree, others still have major differences. An overview:
- social economy: The GPA and Vida unions pushed ahead on Wednesday evening with the new collective agreement for the 130,000 employees in the private care, health and social sectors. They demanded a salary increase of 15 percent with a minimum of 350 euros. The employers offered 7.5 percent or at least 150 euros more. The third round of negotiations was broken off after twelve hours without any result. “Colleagues in the health and social sector have been in constant crisis use for three years,” said Eva Scherz, chief negotiator at the GPA. Employer’s chief negotiator, Walter Marschitz, said the union’s demands “are beyond anyone’s imagination.”
- Metal technology industry: Graduating from the metal industry is regarded as pointing the way for all other sectors. Before the third round of negotiations on Monday, the employers yesterday saw a “need for clarification”. The offered plus of 4.1 percent covers the core inflation, but not the energy costs from the inflation calculation. “The federal government’s anti-inflation packages apply to this part,” said Christian Knill, the employer’s chief negotiator. The union wants 10.6 percent more and has been holding company meetings since Wednesday until today, Friday.
- Austrian Airlines: There was an agreement on Wednesday evening at Austria’s largest airline, AUA. The wage waiver resulting from the pandemic is to be gradually withdrawn for commercial, technical and flying staff by mid-2023. The fixed board and union. On-board staff salaries will rise by an average of 10.4 percent next year. Yesterday, Thursday, the works council informed the crew about the outcome of the negotiations. Therefore, the AUA canceled 40 of the 330 flights in the morning.
Source: Nachrichten
