Vorarlberg’s “vida” boss describes blocking collective bargaining as “completely incomprehensible and unacceptable” given the good tourism numbers.
The collective labor agreement negotiations in the tourism industry have been at a standstill for weeks. Admittedly, employer representatives and trade unionists blame each other. The recently presented tourism figures, which show an extremely pleasant development not only in Vorarlberg (the “Krone”), are now fueling the misunderstanding of the Vida Tourism Union.
“In view of the best start to the season in two years, tourism representatives are popping the corks, but are not ready to finally pay their employees the wages they can live on,” criticizes vida state chairman Reinhard Stemmer.
Fighting mood
He thinks that the representatives of the employers have broken their word. In December, an agreement was reached on a wage increase above inflation (9.5 percent) and 400 euros in May. Then suddenly all that remained was the one-off payment of 400 euros and a wage adjustment below inflation.
“We won’t accept that,” Stemmer says belligerently. After all, it is the employees who are responsible for the success. Stemmer also recalls the dire shortage of personnel in tourism. Without better pay and better framework conditions, the industry will have to keep fighting.
Source: Krone
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