After Protests, Fifth Collective Bargaining Round for Trade Begins

After union protests last Friday in Linz and on Saturday in Vienna, employer and employee representatives from the trade sector are meeting this Tuesday for the fifth round of negotiations for a new collective agreement (KV). The KV applies to more than 430,000 employees in the domestic trade industry. On November 22, the negotiators could not agree on a conclusion in the fourth round of KV.

Union Already Reduced Salary Demand

The GPA union recently reduced its salary demand from 4.3 percent to 3.9 percent. The employers offered a two-year conclusion with initially 3.1 percent and a half percent above inflation one year later - but only if the relevant inflation rate is below two percent at that time.

(APA/Red)

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