KV Social Economy: Interruption after unsuccessful second round

2023-11-15 20:02:06

Works council conference decides on further measures

Vienna (OTS) – The second round of negotiations for the 130,000 employees in the private care, health and social sectors (Austrian social economy) was interrupted without result following 10 hours. Employers have not improved their offer of 8.8 percent. This is still not sufficient to make the industry more attractive and bring it closer to the average of all industries in terms of salaries. The GPA and vida unions are sticking to their demand for +15 percent, but at least 400 euros. ++++

“As a next step, we will hold an Austria-wide works council conference on November 20th. We will discuss further measures there. These can also include works meetings with precautionary strike resolutions,” says Eva Scherz, negotiator for the GPA union.

“In the social economy, pay is 22 percent less than the average for all sectors. Simply compensating for inflation does not reduce this gap. If we want to reduce the pressing shortage of personnel, the industry must become more attractive,” says Michaela Guglberger, negotiator for the vida union.

“We will neither allow ourselves to be blinded by sugarcoating the industry’s problems, nor will we be irritated by significantly worse offers from other industries. “We are concerned with a sustainable improvement in the salary situation of our employees and that requires a significant increase,” Scherz and Guglberger agree.

The next round of negotiations will take place on November 27th.

Questions & Contact:

GPA public relations union
Daniel Gurtler
Tel.: [phone]
Hub: 0676/817 111 225
Mail: [e-mail]
Web: www.gpa.at

Vida/public relations union
Mag. (FH) Yvonne Heuber
Tel.: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Web: www.vida.at

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