Collective bargaining for the rail industry is not making much progress. The trade union vida informed the workers on Monday about the stalled special collective labor agreement negotiations and called for the work meetings to continue. Between November 2 and 7, this could lead to “Austrian disruptions in train traffic”, it is said.
The weekend is excluded from the work meetings. According to the trade union, the wishes of the passengers are taken into account when choosing the time. The employers offered another round of negotiations on 10 November.
“Employers are trying to further delay the negotiations,” the vice chairman of the vida railway division and negotiator of the vida negotiation team, Gerhard Tauchner, criticized in a broadcast. There is no “serious offer” on the part of the company.
vida are seven percent too little
Their previous offer was a 7 percent KV increase. The union is not enough. “Due to skyrocketing inflation”, she is demanding a monthly flat fee of 500 euros for everyone on all KV and actual salaries, 250 euros on the income of the students and an increase in the usable additional allowances to reflect the ongoing inflation.
“In October, the highest inflation rate in 70 years was measured at 11 percent. Our goal is that workers do not get poorer and can afford the same life as they were a year ago,” emphasizes vida vice president Olivia Janisch, who is a member of the vida negotiation teams. . A 40-hour job for 1,356 euros net in a night train is ‘clearly no longer justifiable’, especially given the high cost of living.
Spread company meetings
The working meetings announced between next Wednesday and Monday will be staggered by the federal state. The railway companies in Vorarlberg and Tyrol will start on Wednesday, those in Carinthia and Styria will follow on Thursday and those in Salzburg and Upper Austria on Friday. Peace reigns over the weekend and meetings will continue next Monday in the eastern region (Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland).
According to the union, more than 100 company meetings of one and a half hours each are scheduled on the four days mentioned – most of which usually take place between 1:00 PM and 2:30 PM, but in Upper Austria and Salzburg the workforce is already between 9:30 AM and 11:00 AM. informed about the state of the negotiations.
Source: Krone
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