Austria: Metalworking and chemical workers’ unions merge to become Pro.ge, the production trade union

The Metalworking Trade Union (GMYN) and the Union of Chemical Workers (GdC) have existed independently for respectively 119 and 107 years and this independence will end on Saturday, November 26th. As a matter of fact, the Pro.ge founding congress will be opened the day before with the last congresses of the 2 trade unions. On the following day, the merger will be announced and the new executive committee will be elected. The Chair of GMTN, Rainer Wimmer, who has - just when needed - negotiated a collective agreement which is profitable for the unions’members, will probably be elected president of the new organisation. Finally, the last day of the congress will be devoted to the presentation of Pro.ge working programme, which slogan is “proud, supportive, with a fighting spirit”. 
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7 years and this independence will end on Saturday, November 26th. As a matter of fact, the Pro.ge founding congress will be opened the day before with the last congresses of the 2 trade unions. On the following day, the merger will be announced and the new executive committee will be elected. The Chair of GMTN, Rainer Wimmer, who has – just when needed – negotiated a collective agreement which is profitable for the unions’members, will probably be elected president of the new organisation. Fin

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