After seven rounds of negotiations, the union and employers have now agreed on a new collective labor agreement for the brewery. Wages and salaries will be retroactively increased by 7.4 percent as of October 1, 2022, as will allowances and allowances.
Breweries with a production volume of more than 360,000 hectoliters per year not only increase wages, salaries and benefits by 7.4 percent. They will also “disproportionately” increase student income. In addition, according to the information, there is an inflation premium of 75 euros and an extra day off on 24 December. Even for smaller breweries with a production volume of less than 360,000 hectoliters per year, income and bonuses rise by 7.4 percent and student income disproportionately. Here the inflation compensation is much higher at 275 euros, but there is no extra day off at Christmas.
Union: “Particularly long negotiations”
“The collective labor agreement negotiations for the approximately 3,500 employees in the brewing industry turned out to be particularly long this year. The solidarity of the workers has now resulted in a deal above the rolling inflation of 6.9 percent and thus sustainable wage and salary increases that strengthen the purchasing power of employees in the industry,” the union emphasizes. There have been previous work meetings and strikes .
After the agreement, the employer spoke of a “just manageable compromise”. At the same time, it was emphasized that the deal is “beyond the economic capabilities of some breweries”. “Like many industries, the brewing industry has endured two and a half years of extremely difficult economic times and there is no end in sight to further major economic and regulatory challenges,” it said in a press release.
Source: Krone
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