There will be no food deliveries in four state capitals on Thursday – because bicycle couriers are climbing the barricades.
The messy situation in the bicycle couriers’ KV negotiations is starting to have an impact! In Vienna, Graz, Innsbruck and also in Klagenfurt, employees of delivery giants such as Lieferando and Foodora are preparing strikes: “We are already talking about a low-wage industry here – the employers do not even want to adjust salaries to inflation,” explains Martina Riolo, press spokesperson of the ÖGB (Austrian Trade Union Confederation).
Thursday strike
Therefore, after four failed rounds of negotiations, the situation would now escalate. On Thursday, March 7, after a factory meeting at 1 p.m., a work stoppage will take place at Feldmarschall-Conrad-Platz: “During the factory meetings in recent weeks, the vast majority of employees spoke out in favor of industrial action. The ÖGB has already given permission to strike!”
The 5.8 percent offered is not enough for the 35 employees in Carinthia: “The progressive inflation is around 8.7 percent,” says the union. On Thursday, hungry Carinthians will have to do without food between 1:00 PM and 3:00 PM.
Source: Krone
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