Protests will happen in Vienna, Graz, Salzburg and Klagenfurt subsequent Monday and on 21 and 25 June – every night from 5.30 p.m. to 10 p.m., i.e. through the Austria Video games. The union vida introduced this on Friday.
It’s a scandal that there’s sufficient cash for UEFA sponsorship however not for a pay rise for workers, complains Markus Petritsch, vida chairman of the street division, in a press launch. The union is demanding a pay rise of 8.7 %, whereas the employers’ provide is 5.8 %. “After we demand cost-of-living compensation for the bicycle messengers, we aren’t speaking regarding luxurious or placing cash apart. We’re speaking regarding the truth that work shouldn’t make folks poor and will allow them to stay life,” stated the vida union consultant.
Negotiations between employers and worker representatives within the business have been at a standstill for months, and there are repeated strikes. Nonetheless, many bicycle couriers usually are not even lined by the collective settlement. There are round 4,500 bicycle couriers in Austria, however solely round 2,000 of them are employed below the collective settlement. Lieferando specifically employs its staff below the collective settlement, whereas at Foodora nearly all couriers are freelancers. Wolt, which is just represented in Vienna, additionally solely has self-employed folks and freelancers.
