Austria: unprecedented clash in metal collective bargaining

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ers’ unions announced a figured wage claim for collective negotiations before. Never had they called for a strike after the first bargaining meeting either. Now they have, after the meeting of October 4th between employers and unions. At a surprise press conference, unions’ negotiators announced that they wanted a 5.5% wage increase (employers offered 3.1%) as well as a EUR 200 bonus. They also called general workers’ meetings in the sector’s businesses. In Austria, these meetings come bef

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