Metaller-KV: 5th round interrupted, massive strikes threaten from Tuesday

2023-11-09 20:17:26

Last chance for agreement on Monday in the 6th round of negotiations

Vienna (OTS) – The fifth round of negotiations between the PRO-GE and GPA unions and the Metal Technology Industry Association (FMTI) for the metal industry collective agreement was also interrupted without result after six hours. The offer is still unacceptable for the unions because the proposed wage and salary increase is still well below the inflation rate of 9.6 percent.

“After five rounds we are still far from a conclusion. “Employers don’t even seem to want to compensate their own employees for inflation, and that after record economic years and high profit distributions,” say the two chief employee negotiators, Reinhold Binder (PRO-GE) and Karl Dürtscher (GPA).

A sixth round of negotiations with the FMTI is scheduled for November 13th. This is the last chance to avert massive strikes and reach a conclusion. “It’s all right. No deal on Monday will lead to the largest work stoppages in a long time,” say Binder and Dürtscher.