After three unavailing meetings, the social partners in the Austrian chemical industry finally agreed, on Friday, May 3, 2013, on a 3.2-3.3% wage increase for the sector’s 50,000 employees. Minimum wage will increase by 3.3%. Unions had called for a strike in case the fourth meeting didn’t amount to anything, and it seems that the threat worked. The good results of the sector’s businesses in the past three years can also explain why they decided to avoid a social dispute. (Ref. 130305)
The strike threat launched by the sector’s unions – PRO.GE (industry) and GPA-djp (private sector) – has apparently hit the bull’s eye. On Friday, April 30, they got a unanimous vote from the sector’s 350 WC Presidents for automatically going on strike if the fourth meeting with the Association of the Austrian Chemical Industry (FCIO) failed. On Friday, May 3, the negotiators met halfway between union claims (3.6%) and employers’ offer (3%). On May 1 and for one year, wages will increase by
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